More specie for endangered species.

More specie SPECIE. Metallic money issued by public authority.
2. This term is used in contradistinction to paper money, which in some countries is emitted by the government, and is a mere engagement which represents specie. for endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S.

President Reagan signed into law Oct. 7 a bill authorizing an increase in federal spending for the protection of endangered and threatened species worldwide. Amending the original Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531 et seq.) was enacted to protect animal and plant species from extinction by preserving the ecosystems in which they survive and by providing programs for their conservation. of 1973, the bill increases annual funding for plant and aminal protection from about $30 million currently to $66 million by 1992.

Provisions of the bill include raising from $20,000 to $50,000 the maximum fine for violating the act, and using the first $300,000 collected in fines to reward informants who notify the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of poaching poaching: see cooking. and other criminal activities affecting endangered species. The bill also makes illegal the removal of endangered or threatened plants from any property in the United States without written consent of the land owners.

"We're very happy with the bill,c says John M. Fitzgerald of Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife is non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1947 out of concern for perceived cruelties of the use of steel-jawed leghold traps for trapping fur-bearing animals. in Washington, D.C., the lead conservationist group that worked for passage of the bill. He says its mandate for involving local and regional agencies "will make cooperation between states and the federal government easier."

Opponents of the act believe it overemphasizes the need to lengthen the endangered species list, says Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah), the only senator other than Sen. Steve Symms (R-Idaho) who voted against the bill. Garn says he would like to see the already-listed species protected before others are added to the register.

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