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58 REFLECTIONS ON THE ACT owners do not own species. Indeed, the only landowners who really possess and enjoy their land, in a deeper philosophical sense, are those who respect the life that is native there. The only people who really possess and enjoy their landscape, their coun- try, are those with an adequate concern for fauna and flora. Notes The author thanks Linda McMahan, Faith Campbell, Bruce MacBryde, Kathryn Kohm, and Paul Opler for critical comments. 1. TVA v. Hill, 437 U.S. 174, 184. 2. Endangered Species Act of 1973, Section 2(a) (16 U.S.C. §1531(a)). 3. See Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978; Pub. L. 95-632, 92 Stat. 3751 (Nov. 10, 1978). 4. See Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982; Pub. L. 97-304, 96 Stat. 1411 (Oct. 13, 1982). 5. This was formerly phrased as state ownership of wildlife, but that concept has been subsumed under the state's power to regulate all natural resources. This has developed as an expanding public trust doctrine, first applied to navigable waters. "The cornerstone of environmental law is the assertion that all of our national natural resource treasures are held in trust for the full benefit, use and enjoyment of all the people of the United States, not only of this generation but of those generations yet unborn, subject only to wise use by the current nominal titleholder.... The basic principle underlying the Trust Doctrine is that 'There are things which be- long to no one, and the use of which is common to all' " (Yannacone and others, 1972, vol. 1, p. 11, citing Geer v. Connecticut, 1896). 6. Sedentary animals (barnacles and clams) are thought to belong to property owners; many of these are marine, however, and owner- ship in marine waters has been complex. 7. See Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982; Pub. L. 97-304, 96 Stat. 1411. 8. See Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1988; Pub. L. 100-478 §6, 102 Stat. 2306. 9. 244 Mich. 403, 417, 221 N.W. 322, 327. 10. Endangered Species Act of 1973, Section 3(14) (16 U.S.C. § 1532(19)). 11. See Endangered Species Aet Amendments of 1988; Pub. L. 100-478 §6, 102 Stat. 2306.