Matching funds program by the federal government for endangered species..??

Question

My teacher has given us the following question on our "practice exam," and I do not know what he is talking about, exactly. I don't believe it has come up in our lectures.

"Briefly describe the matching funds program used by the Federal Government to entice states to develop recovery programs for endangered species. Why was this program generally ineffective?"

I know that the federal government proposed a matching funds program as part of the Endangered Species Act, but I don't know any details about it, or what caused it be ineffective. Can anyone explain this to me?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

The Endangered Species Act came was signed into law in 1973 and falls within the duties of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enforce and manage.

The key portions of this act you need to look at are Section 5 and Section 6 -- this involves land acquisition and cooperation with states (those are the last two links I've provided here).

The trouble starts in Section 5.  It's here that no clear provisions for securing funds or working with other groups (say The Nature Conservancy) are spelled out.  The lack of clarity here has hurt the Endangered Species Act on the state level repeatedly.

Answer 2

The Federal Government through the Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service have a program that splits the cost of buying and or trading land with landowners that is off set (fenced off) to be used as habitat for endangered species.

Example:  The Southwest Willow Flycatcher (its a bird) that is endangered, the government buys land near the Rio Grande river and fences it off so the birds' nests will not be disturbed.

Answer 3

if the agriculture community and the hunters do not join the idea their lobby is stark