Implementing the Federal Endangered Species Act in Indian Country: The Promise and Reality of Secretarial Order 3206

Sept. 3, 2007
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Implementing the Federal Endangered Species Act in Indian Country: The Promise and Reality of Secretarial Order 3206

Reviews the key requirements of the Endangered Species Act, pertinent executive orders, and Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3206; discusses the differences tribes can make by creating and implementing their own habitat management plans, as alternatives to designation of critical habitat on Indian lands, and by actively partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Conservation Service.

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Sanders, Marren. 2007. “Implementing the Federal Endangered Species Act in Indian Country: The Promise and Reality of Secretarial Order 3206.” Joint Occasional Papers on Native Affairs (JOPNA). Tucson and Cambridge: Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

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