Cover Page MENU Table of Contents Introduction The Early Years, 1864-1918 Defining The System, 1919-1932 The New Deal Years, 1933-1941 The Poverty Years, 1942-1956 Questions of Resource Management, 1957-1963 The Ecological Revolution, 1964-1969 Transformation and Expansion, 1970-1980 A System Threatened, 1981-1992 Appendix: Summaries of Lengthy Documents About the Editor		The Critical Documents Appendix: Summaries of Lengthy Documents ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, 1973 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 (PL 93-205, 87 Stat. 884) This act requires federal agencies to ensure that their activities (authorized, funded, or carried-out) will not jeopardize the existence of any endangered or threatened species of plant or animal (including fish) or result in the destruction or deterioration of critical habitat of such species. It also provides for studies to determine endangered or threatened species and stipulates that it is unlawful for a person to possess, export, or import such species. (Expanded from the NPS-77 Guideline Summary.) NEXT>Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 1972
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