Effects of implementing EPA's endangered species protection program on national forest system lands

In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated an effort to comply more fully with the Endangered Species Act. This effort became their "Endangered Species Protection Program.'' The possibility of such a program was forecast in 1982 when Donald A. Spencer gave a pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Witt, Shelly, Contreras, Glen, Ollieu, Max M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: eScholarship, University of California 1988
Subjects:
ENDANGERED SPECIES
STRYCHNINE
risk
Thomomys spp
BEARS
pocket gopher
rodent control
rodenticide
Life Sciences
Ursus arctos
Online Access:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1hx8108p
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Summary:In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated an effort to comply more fully with the Endangered Species Act. This effort became their "Endangered Species Protection Program.'' The possibility of such a program was forecast in 1982 when Donald A. Spencer gave a presentation to the Tenth Vertebrate Pest Conference on "Vertebrate Pest Management and Changing Times." This paper focuses on current plans for implementing the EPA's Endangered Species Protection Program as it relates to the USDA Forest Service. It analyzes the potential effects this program will have on the agency, using the pocket gopher (Thomomys spp.), strychnine, and the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) as examples of an affected pest, pesticide, and predator.

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