151. Getting Ahead of the Extinction Curve
- Author
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David S. Wilcove
- Subjects
Clean Water Act ,Geography ,Ecology ,Habitat ,Biodiversity ,Wildlife ,Wildlife refuge ,Endangered species ,Legislation ,Wildlife conservation - Abstract
I propose four steps to markedly reduce the rate of species loss in the United States: (1) Enact new legislation or an executive order requiring the Bureau of Land Man- agement (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to maintain viable populations of all native vertebrates on BLM lands and national wildlife refuges; (2) preserve representative examples of all of the natural communities occurring on each national forest, BLM district, or national wildlife refuge; (3) develop a national initiative to protect freshwater biodi- versity; and (4) reauthorize and strengthen the Endangered Species Act.
- Published
- 1993