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How the Endangered Species Act is Helping to Restore the Klamath River Basin

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Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.

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Gray Wolf conservation in the Northern Rockies: Can we protect wolves and ranchers?

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gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. In 2003, satisfied that the populations had sufficiently recovered, USFWS initiated procedures to delist wolves from the ESA. 243 livestock.

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

Law Columbia

Specifically, Notz & Stroeve (2016) found that each metric ton of CO 2 results in a sustained loss of 3 ± 0.3 2016) ; Derocher et al. There is also research on the adverse effects of sea ice loss on seals and other ice-dependent species. square meters of September sea-ice. See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3 3 ; Laidre et al.