[MCN] Can US Fish&Wildlife Service make good decisions about endangered species?

[Lance Olsen]

Biological Conservation <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00063207>Volume 227 <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00063207/227/supp/C>, November 2018, Pages 104-111
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.025 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.025>

Public attitudes toward threatened and endangered species and management options in the Southeastern United States
KyleRodgers  AdamWillcox <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717311576#!>

Highlights

•Threatened and endangered species attitudes influence support for the Endangered Species Act.

•Limited trust exists that federal agencies make good decisions absent public input.

•Agencies could build trust by engaging the public in endangered species management.

Abstract
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717311576 <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717311576>
Amid rapid population growth, the fate of many threatened and endangered (T&E) species in the Southeast is closely tied to conservation actions on private lands. Therefore, it is critical to understand how the public values wildlife and public attitudes toward T&E species and management approaches, such as Habitat Conservation <https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/habitat-conservation> Plans (HCPs) - a voluntary approach for private landowners to comply with the Endangered Species <https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/endangered-species> Act (ESA). We conducted a mail survey to examine attitudes toward T&E species and HCPs, as well as wildlife value orientations (WVOs), among the general public in four study locations in the Southeast: Charlotte Co. (FL), Cumberland Co. (TN), the Etowah Watershed (GA), and the Lower Flint <https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/flint> River Basin (GA). Overall, respondent attitudes toward T&E species and the ESA <https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/european-space-agency> were positive. However, respondents did not believe the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would make good decisions regarding endangered species management without public input. Species attitudes, WVOs and ESA knowledge were all significant influences on public support for the ESA; and species attitudes, beliefs about involvement of local communities, and support for the ESA significantly influenced perceptions about HCPs. We conclude that HCPs represent an opportunity to capitalize on support for T&E species and rebuild trust in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by engaging the public in endangered species management.

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”   …  housing growth poses the main threat to protected areas in the United States 
whereas deforestation is the main threat in developing countries."
 
Volker C. Radeloff, Susan I. Stewart et al. Housing growth in and near United States 
protected areas limits their conservation value. PNAS. January 12, 2010. 

http://www.pnas.org/content/107/2/940.abstract?sid=4718e5e2-8fa3-475a-9b92-032f399600c3



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