The Endangered Species ACT and Federalism: Effective Conservation Through Greater State Commitment

by Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson Jr.

States today play a major role in implementing and enforcing environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. A thirty year review of ESA identified state leadership in species conservation as a necessary element in better conserving the nation's imperiled species, yet the theoretical and practical reasons and applications of an enhanced state role are little understood and have not been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933115947
• ISBN13: 9781933115948
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"