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Ensuring an Effective Endangered Species Act
The ESA provides a broad and flexible framework to facilitate conservation with a variety of stakeholders. Learn about the tools in place that help us work with our diverse network of partners to deliver meaningful conservation.
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Decades of ESA-Inspired Partnerships Support Interior Least Tern Delisting Proposal
When the interior least tern was listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1985, there were only a few dozen of the bird's nesting sites scattered across America's Great Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley. Today there are more than 18,000 interior least terns at more than 480 nesting sites in 18 states.
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An Integrated Framework for Conservation
The Species Status Assessment was developed to enhance conservation success under the ESA. This framework is based on the best available scientific and commercial information, and it delivers the foundational science for informing all ESA decisions...
