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I 002552 r ENDANGERED SP~CIES ACT OF 1973, Endangered Sp... ) ... TJ /l! Page I of 44 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DIVISION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES v=v=v=v 0 [Return to the Endangered Species Page.] ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 Table of Contents . FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND POLICY -- SEe. 2. . DEFINITIONS -- SEC. 3. . DETERMINATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES -- SEe. 4. . LAND ACQUISITION -- SEC. 5. . COOPERATION WITH THE STATES n SEC. 6. . INTERAGENCY COOPERATION n SEe. 7. . INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION -- SEe. 8. . PROHIBITED ACTS -- SEC. 9. . EXCEPTIONS -- SEC. 10. . PENAL TIES AND ENFORCEMENT -- SEe. II. . ENDANGERED PLANTS -- SEe. 12. . CONFORMING AMENDMENTS n SEe. 13. . REPEALER -- SEe. 14. . AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS -- SEe. IS. . EFFECTIVE DATE n SEC. 16. . MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972 -- SEC. 17. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND POLICY ^ SEC.2. (a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds and declares that- (I) various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation; (2) other species of fish, wildlife, and plants have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of or threatened with extinction; (3) these species of fish, wildlife, and plants are of aesthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the Nation and its people; (4) the United States has pledged itselfas a sovereign state in the international community to conserve to the extent practicable the various species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction, pursuant to- (A) migratory bird treaties with Canada and Mexico; (B) the Migratory and Endangered Bird Treaty with Japan; (C) the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere; (D) the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries; http://www.fws.gov/-r9endspp/esa.html 9/30/97