HCPs: the light of yesterday?
Article Abstract:
Data on the impact and implementation of habitat conservation plans (HCPs) remain inconclusive even as Congress continues its effort to expand or alter HCPs. Two options for planning the conservation of an endangered species are available, namely, a conservative strategy where risks are reduced in any manner appropriate to the species and another strategy that calls for an ad hoc, quick response to crises. However, current information remains vague as to whether any one, or both, of these strategies are being used by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1997
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HCPs and the embattled social utilities of the Endangered Species Act
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The long-awaited reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is being hampered partly by debates regarding the utility of habitat conservation plans (HCPs). Although the effects of HCP, and even of the ESA, have not been determined by earlier studies, the lessons taught by the Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill case, which involved the Tennessee snail darter, provide arguments for HCPs. The case shows that endangered species, such as Tennessee snail darters, can function as indicators of imminent harms, costs, and losses of physical resources to society.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1997
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Why HCPs must not undermine recovery
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Habitat conservation plans (HCPs) not only fail to conserve endangered species but they also hamper efforts at preventing extinction. Since the Endangered Species Act provides that HCPs must help conserve species in danger of extinction, HCPs must be guided by the goals of species recovery. This entails the improvement of the approval standards for HCPs and the repositioning of the HCP review and approval process based on the needs of threatened or endangered species.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1997
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