Endangered species act - RFI on states' laws

Chris J. Durden drdn at mail.utexas.edu
Sun Feb 10 01:23:35 EST 2002


Mike,
    Surely it is the duty of Enforcement to publicize the laws and 
regulations at Federal, State, County and Local level, and in their best 
interest too.
    How about a Govt. sponsored website?
............Chris Durden


At 12:19 PM 2/9/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>To go beyond interesting stories and to get at actual (ink on paper) laws, I
>think it would be helpful if the Lep Soc or an individual created a web site
>that contained or linked to:
>
>1) each state's list of T&E invertebrates species,
>
>2) each state's law with regard to their T&E invertebrates,
>
>3) each state's lists and laws on "species of concern" should also be
>addressed and
>
>4) the federally listed species that may reside in each state.
>
>In Texas, the state legislature prohibits Texas Parks and Wildlife from
>putting any invertebrate species on the state threatened and endangered
>species list, that is not first put on the federal threatened and endangered
>species list. The only exceptions to this prohibition on independent listing
>of invertebrates are Mollusks and Crustaceans. Our species of concern have
>no legal protection.
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>Mike Quinn
>Invertebrate Biologist
>Wildlife Diversity Program
>Texas Parks & Wildlife
>mike.quinn at tpwd.state.tx.us
>512-912-7059
>
>
>
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