Endangered Species Program Information on How Funds Are Allocated and What Activities Are Emphasized

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 helps conserve plant & animal species facing extinction as well as their habitats. The Dept. of the Interior delegated its responsibility for the Endangered Species Act to the Fish & Wildlife Service, which established an endangered species program (ESP) within its ecological services program to implement the requirements of the act. This is a review of several aspects of the Service's implementation of the endangered species program. This report provides info. on: (1) how the Service budgets & allocates its ESP funds; & (2) how field office staff spent their time in the ESP in FY 2001. Certain factors were identified that affected the implementation of the endangered species program.Hill, Barry T. is the author of 'Endangered Species Program Information on How Funds Are Allocated and What Activities Are Emphasized' with ISBN 9780756732066 and ISBN 0756732069.