NRS 407 – Exam 1 (ESA) – Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice – study
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What does the ESA do? - correct answer ✔✔-Determines threatened/endangered species
- Enforces regulations w/ penalties
-Requires all agencies to conform actions to ESA
-Funds these efforts and authorizes grants to states and landowners
-Prohibits take or killing of listed species
Why is the passage of the ESA remarkable? - correct answer ✔✔It was passed unanimously in
the senate and almost unanimously in congress
What year was the ESA passed, which president signed it? - correct answer ✔✔1973, Nixon
A few revisions since 1973, but many changes in implementation, mostly in response to anti-
regulation pushback (Trump)
What is unique about the regulations of the ESA as compared to federal laws like the Lacey Act
that regulate take of wildlife species? - correct answer ✔✔The ESA focuses on habitat and range
What is CITES and how was it associated with the passage of the ESA? - correct answer ✔✔Part
of an international treaty-we can treat international endandered species the same as those in
the US
-US was obligated to carry out its part of the CITES treaty of 1973
What is the name of the legal instrument that is the international analog of the ESA? - correct
answer ✔✔Bern and Bonn Conventions
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What does the ESA do? - correct answer ✔✔-Determines threatened/endangered species
- Enforces regulations w/ penalties
-Requires all agencies to conform actions to ESA
-Funds these efforts and authorizes grants to states and landowners
-Prohibits take or killing of listed species
Why is the passage of the ESA remarkable? - correct answer ✔✔It was passed unanimously in
the senate and almost unanimously in congress
What year was the ESA passed, which president signed it? - correct answer ✔✔1973, Nixon
A few revisions since 1973, but many changes in implementation, mostly in response to anti-
regulation pushback (Trump)
What is unique about the regulations of the ESA as compared to federal laws like the Lacey Act
that regulate take of wildlife species? - correct answer ✔✔The ESA focuses on habitat and range
What is CITES and how was it associated with the passage of the ESA? - correct answer ✔✔Part
of an international treaty-we can treat international endandered species the same as those in
the US
-US was obligated to carry out its part of the CITES treaty of 1973
What is the name of the legal instrument that is the international analog of the ESA? - correct
answer ✔✔Bern and Bonn Conventions
