Focus (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 1, 2008
Understanding the Government's Animal Instincts
A proposed change to the Endangered Species Act would amend the regulations implementing Section 7, which requires federal agencies to consult with the services before they undertake an action that may affect a listed species, writes Elizabeth Lake.
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By Elizabeth Lake Democratic lawmakers attempted to call the Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne, to the carpet to explain and defend the recent proposal to revise the Section 7 consultation process under the federal Endangered Species Act at a Sept. 24, 2008, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. However, department officials were a no-show, leading the chair of the committee, Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., ...
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