WWRC 96-12
Applying the Park City Principles to the Endangered Species Act
Introduction
Historically, the protection of endangered and threatened species has
been the province of the federal government. In recent years, however,
many states have enacted endangered species protection laws, and
expanded the mandate of state fish and wildlife management agencies to
encompass non-game species, including endangered species. Nonetheless,
the federal Endangered Species Act ("ESA" or "Act") remains the focus
of endangered species protection in the United States, and since such
protection frequently implicates water resource management, it is
appropriate to ask how well the current federal regime for managing
endangered species comports with the Park City Principles.
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