Legislation Flashcards
Lacey Act
1900 bans interstate or foreign commerce of fish/wildlife in violation of state or foreign law
migratory bird act
1913 gave the federal
government full authority to protect migratory birds with today nearly 800 species listed for protection. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is granted the authority to set hunting seasons for waterfowl and other migratory birds based on species populations.
federal aid in wildlife restoration act (pittman robertson)
1937 federal excise tax on firearms and provides matching funds to states
for the acquisition, restoration, and maintenance of habitat for the
management of wildlife and for research concerning wildlife
management
federal aid in fish resto (dingell johnson)
1950 general tax on sport fishing equipment to raise funds which are made
available to states for the restoration and management of sport
fisheries
clean air act
1963 Environmental Protection Agency can initiate
public hearings, conferences, and court proceedings to effect
compliance with air pollution regulations
wilderness act
1964 The National Wilderness System was created
out of wilderness, wild, and canoe areas of the national forests and
provision was made for a review system for the inclusion of additional
wilderness areas.
land and water conservation fund act
1964 monies collected
primarily from offshore oil and gas leases are used to fund a variety of
state and federal recreational programs and to acquire recreational
lands, and acquire areas needed for conserving endangered and
threatened species
endangered species act
1966 The secretary of the
interior is directed to carry out a land acquisition program to
“conserve, protect, restore, and propagate selected species of native
fish and wildlife” in the United States.
national wildlife refuge system act
1966 This act provides for
administration and management of all areas in a national system of
wildlife refuges, areas for the protection and conservation of fish and
wildlife that are threatened with extinction, wildlife ranges, game
ranges, wildlife management areas, and waterfowl production areas.
NEPA national environmental policy act
1969 All federal agencies
must prepare, and make public, environmental impact statements with
respect to any proposed legislation or other action that would
significantly affect the quality of the environment
endangered species conservation act
1969 expanded 1966
Endangered Species Act. Types of wildlife under protection are
defined. Prohibit importation of any animal threatened with
worldwide extinction
marine mammals protection act
This act calls upon the
federal government to establish a comprehensive, coordinated
program to conserve ocean mammals and their products. It extends
protection to individual population stocks as well as species or
subspecies of marine mammals.
CITES
1973 a system of import/export regulation to
prevent the commercial overexploitation of endangered or
threatened plants and animals. Different levels of trade regulations
were provided depending on the threatened status of any particular
species and the effect trade would have on that species
endangered species act
1973 created the endangered and
threatened categories for species and extended the responsibility for
all federal agencies. Ensured that federal activities neither jeopardize
the continued existence of, nor destroy or modify critical habitat for,
endangered or threatened species
great american outdoors act
2020 established permanent funding for the land water conservation fund (1964)
