Endangered Species Act
July 2005
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Federal Government
Congress
Pending Legislation
The Critical Habitat Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R.
1299)
Congressional Reports
House Committee on Resources
Report:
Implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
Report to the House Committee on Resources Richard W. Pombo, Chairman
Majority Staff 109th Congress May 2005
Accounting
For Species: The True Costs Of The Endangered Species Act
Randy T. Simmons and Kimberly Frost (Property and Environment Research
Center,
PERC)
Congressional Hearings
House Resources Committee: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Oversight Hearing on “Stabilizing
Rural Electricity Service Through Common Sense Application of the
Endangered Species Act” (May 4, 2005)
Opening
Statement of Chairman Radanovich
WITNESSES
PANEL I
Mr.
Steve Boyd - Department Manager Communications & Government
Relations
Olney
Patt, Jr. - Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Mr.
Michael W. Brown - Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative
Newcastle, Utah
Mr.
Steve Eldrige - General Manager/CEO Umatilla Electric Cooperative
Hermiston, Oregon
Mr.
Mac McClennan - Tri-State G&T Association, Inc. Westminster,
Colorado
Mr.
Chad Smith - Director Nebraska Field Office American Rivers
Lincoln, Nebraska
House Resources Committee
Oversight Field Hearing on “Lessons
Learned Protecting and Restoring Wildlife in the Southern United
States under the Endangered Species Act.” (April 30, 2005)
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS
WITNESSES
Panel 1
Libby
Hartfield - Director, Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciences
Jackson, Mississippi
James
Randy Bowen - Pulp and Paper Workers Resource Council Bastrop,
Louisiana
James
Cummins - Executive Director, Mississippi Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Stoneville, Mississippi
Dave
Tazik - Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Panel 2
Don
Waldon - Administrator, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development
Authority Columbus, Mississippi
David
Head, Sr - Head Companies Point Clear, Alabama
Ray
Vaughan - Executive Director, WildLaw Montgomery, Alabama
Paul Davidson Executive Director, Black Bear Conservation Committee
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Don
Robohm - President, SeaChick, Inc Escatawba, Mississippi
GAO Reports
GAO Report: ENDANGERED
SPECIES Fish and Wildlife Service Generally Focuses Recovery Funding
on High-Priority Species, but Needs to Periodically Assess Its Funding
Decisions
CRS Reports
The Endangered Species Act (Esa)
In The 109th Congress: Conflicting Values And Difficult Choices
(06/17/2005 ) - Eugene H. Buck, M. Lynne Corn, and Pervaze Sheikh,
Resources, Science, and Industry Division; Pamela Baldwin and Robert
Meltz, American Law Division
Designation Of Critical Habitat Under
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) (04/11/2005)
Pamela Baldwin, American Law Division
The Endangered Species Act: A Primer
03/31/2005 Pamela Baldwin, American Law Division; Eugene H. Buck
and M. Lynne Corn, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
The Endangered Species Act And Claims
Of Property Rights "Takings" (03/09/2005)
Author(s): Robert Meltz, American Law Division
The Convention On International Trade
In Endangered Species Of Wild Fauna And Flora (Cites): Background
And Issues (02/01/2005 ) Pervaze A. Sheikh and M. Lynne Corn,
Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Endangered Species: Difficult
Choices (01/07/2005)
Eugene H. Buck and M. Lynne Corn, Resources, Science, and Industry
Division; and Pamela Baldwin, American Law Division
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Habitat
Conservation Plans: Working Together for Endangered Species
2003 Expenditure Report
This
report presents the reported expenditures for Fiscal Year 2003
(October 2002 - September 2003). January 2005.
Recovery
and Delisting of Endangered Species
State Endangered Species Pages
Alaska
Alaska
Department of Fish & Game - Division of Wildlife Conservation
California
California Department of Fish and Game Habitat Conservation Planning
Branch
California’s
Plant and Animals
Threatened Species
Hawaii
Department
of Land and Natural Resources – Endangered Species
Idaho
Idaho Governor’s
Office of Species Conservation Threatened and Endangered Species
Indiana
Division of Fish and Wildl | 
