Endangered Species

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Endangered Species Links

Goverment
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, endangered species home page
An overview of the FWS's endangered species program, as well as information on specific species, lists of species by region, information on Habitat Conservation Plans, and general ESA statistics
 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, endangered species kids' corner
Information on endangered species and how kids and teachers can help
 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Habitat Conservation Plan home page
Information on the Habitat Conservation Plan program
 
National Marine Fisheries Service
Supports the domestic and international conservation and management of living marine resources, including threatened and endangered marine species
 
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
A global treaty whose focus is the protection of plant and animal species from unregulated trade
 
Nonprofit organizations
The Center for Plant Conservation
Works to prevent the extinction of plants native to the United States
 
Defenders of Wildife, endangered species page
Information on endangered species, including fact sheets
 
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
A nonprofit law firm for the environment that has a number of endangered species cases on its docket
 
Endangered Species Coalition
A coalition of more than 400 conservation, scientific, business, and religious organizations dedicated to a strong Endangered Species Act
 
National Council for Science and the Environment
Works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking, produces a number of reports on endangered species issues
 
National Wildife Federation, Endangered Species and Habitats program
Information on endangered species and related legislation
 
World Wildlife Fund, endangered species page
Information on endangered species around the world

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