https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n Endangered Species Act en-us 2023-01-04 13:26:57 UTC 2023-01-10 13:58:00 UTC hello@padlet.com jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433509931 This act allows authorities to determine if a species is threatened or in danger, which then enables them to take further action once they are on the list. Some examples of extended responses are creating funding or other programs to create awareness about specific species.]]> 2023-01-04 13:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433509931 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433510290 It does not only protect endangered animal species but also plants and habitats. It is a common misconception that animals are the only ones in danger of extinction because plants are being used up and habitats/natural areas are being destroyed.]]> 2023-01-04 13:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433510290 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433515939 2023-01-04 13:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433515939 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433518487 It helps protect many different kinds of animals. When animals are endangered, they don’t only need to be protected, but also need help with recovery. The act helps solve both of those issues.]]> 2023-01-04 13:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433518487 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433520437 It makes harming or killing endangered species illegal. This way humans are contributing less to species extinction because they can’t overhunt them or kill them.]]> 2023-01-04 13:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433520437 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433521352 People are hunting animals, and plants and are harvesting their land. Individuals do not know when to stop, or what animals are low in population so they continue to hunt while killing off species. People are also harvesting the land animals need to survive.]]> 2023-01-04 13:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433521352 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433522019 The human population is being seen as a priority over animal and plant habitats. There are big buildings that are being built right next to these habitats which are ruining the natural land these animals and plants need to survive.]]> 2023-01-04 13:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433522019 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433523145 Animals are a main food that many humans eat. If popular animals like pigs, chickens, or cows were to die out, humans would be left with much fewer food options. (ie. no milk and eggs: unable to make most foods).]]> 2023-01-04 13:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433523145 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433523602 He used his position as President to save the country's air, water, and land. This also includes plants, animals, and habitats. In order to do this, he passed many acts and laws.]]> 2023-01-04 13:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433523602 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433528076 The ESA of 1973 prohibited certain activities (ie. hunting or poaching) against animals and in specific areas that were endangered without clearing it with the government first.]]> 2023-01-04 13:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433528076 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433528562 In efforts to raise the population, they prohibited captivity breeding programs and started to try and introduce them into their natural habitat.]]> 2023-01-04 13:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433528562 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433537052 It prohibits the bringing in and shipping out of endangered species. This way they also can’t trade animals illegally from country to country. This also bans the bad treatment of animals.]]> 2023-01-04 13:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433537052 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433537402 This ensures the protection of species with land and water vital to species recovery. These are considered ‘critical habitat areas’.]]> 2023-01-04 13:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433537402 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433537803 This makes it so the government has to develop and execute the recovery plans for listed species (animals and plants).]]> 2023-01-04 13:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433537803 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433538162 This act made it illegal to sell and possess these species. Sometimes when people have these almost extinct animals, it kills them because they are not in the proper environment necessary for survival. When people are selling these animals, they are often not in the best condition while traveling which can really harm them.]]> 2023-01-04 13:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433538162 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433539241 Starting in the 20th century, people in the United States became concerned about a declining animal population rate. During Nixon's presidency, he passed the Endangered Species Act, which protected all animals and plants in danger of extinction. Still sustaining today, it has already saved many animals from disappearing entirely, while still guarding other animals against eradication.]]> 2023-01-04 13:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433539241 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433540459 Individuals are practicing deforestation, and are establishing urban and suburban development. They also are creating agricultural cultivation and water management projects that are on human habitats. These actions are destroying animals because it is causing death from the toxic chemicals coming from projects of this kind and the lack of land.]]> 2023-01-04 13:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433540459 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433541856 When humans get destructive diseases and parasites they can spread them to animals. This is a big form of action that is killing them.]]> 2023-01-04 13:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433541856 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433542247 Individuals are causing environmental destruction caused by water, air, and soil pollution coming from new developments and buildings.]]> 2023-01-04 13:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433542247 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433542636 Global climate change caused by humans is killing animals and plants. The changes in weather do not allow species to adapt quickly enough, which ends up killing them.]]> 2023-01-04 13:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433542636 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433565477 The oxygen that humans need to survive is solely from plants. If plant species don’t exist, then humans will not be able to survive because of the lack of air.]]> 2023-01-04 14:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433565477 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433565900 Plants help protect our land from erosion. Without them, we would barely have any land to be on because it would all be eroded.]]> 2023-01-04 14:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433565900 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433566141 Plants are sometimes used in medicine. Without plants, there could be limited medicine available for humans, which could eventually kill all of us off when we have sicknesses we cannot cure.]]> 2023-01-04 14:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433566141 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433566708 Plants are used in many things that humans use and need for survival. For instance, they are in building materials (timber) and in wood that can create a fire which is used as a main source of heat for many people.]]> 2023-01-04 14:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433566708 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433567452 Since there are so many apartments and industrial buildings now, there are toxic chemicals and acid rain that is coming over these habitats killing the plants and animals, along with their homes.]]> 2023-01-04 14:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433567452 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433567772 People are coming to plants' and animals' habitats and are destroying them. Some people believe that animals are taking up the room that they need for housing, so they are killing animals and destroying habitats for their own use.]]> 2023-01-04 14:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433567772 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433568272 Animals are starting to come to human areas for necessities like food (from trees) because their natural habitat exceeded its capacity since humans have destroyed so much of it.]]> 2023-01-04 14:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433568272 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433568472 Deforestation is being practiced which is when humans are destroying, cutting, or using tools to get rid of trees. Over time, this really impacts animal environments and can lead to extreme consequences. Some consequences are the destruction of plants of animals which has a ripple effect and can eventually cause a loss in the human population.]]> 2023-01-04 14:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433568472 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433569693 He created the Council on Environment Quality (CEQ) along with an executive office, that arranges environmental efforts. This council addressed and created solutions for federal sustainability, environmental equity, climate change, public areas, bodies of water, and wildlife conservation, along with many others.]]> 2023-01-04 14:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433569693 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433570281 During his State of the Union Address in 1970, he suggested a focus on clean air and water and attention to the environment. This was in hopes to save the dying population of species and to direct awareness towards this growing issue.]]> 2023-01-04 14:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433570281 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433570451 Nixon kept pushing for better species treatment, and in 1970 he created the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency partners with non-profit organizations and businesses, along with state and local governments. Some of their impacts consist of the conservation of water and energy, minimization of greenhouse gases, reusing solid waste, and controlling the rate of pesticide risks.]]> 2023-01-04 14:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433570451 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433570790 After all of the prior actions, he created the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the most impactful out of all the acts he passed. The ESA gives the government the ability to conserve and protect endangered and vulnerable species]]> 2023-01-04 14:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433570790 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433571531 2023-01-04 14:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433571531 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433572750 2023-01-04 14:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433572750 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433573180 2023-01-04 14:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433573180 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433573699 2023-01-04 14:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433573699 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433574066 2023-01-04 14:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433574066 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433576250 60% of the swift fox species are now gone. They used to be everywhere across the Great Plains. This is caused by loss of habitat.]]> 2023-01-04 14:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433576250 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433576535 With the help of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 these animals have been able to recover. They are now ‘Least Concern’ on the endangered species list.]]> 2023-01-04 14:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433576535 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433576763 One of the major killings of these animals was in an attempt to control rodents, which ended up also killing this species.]]> 2023-01-04 14:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433576763 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433577916 There is a study being performed from 2020-2024 and around 200 Swift Foxes have trackers put on them. From there, scientists can study their patterns and try to better understand their survival rates.]]> 2023-01-04 14:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433577916 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433578219 One of the main reasons for these foxes dying off is because of habitat destruction. Urban and industrialization development greatly impacts the life rate of these animals.]]> 2023-01-04 14:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433578219 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433578443 Reintroduction processes are being instilled. This means having swift foxes not living in the wild for a while until they become stable. Then they are slowly reintroduced into the environment allowing them to live how they should.]]> 2023-01-04 14:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2433578443 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2435635585 2023-01-06 13:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2435635585 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2437037837 2023-01-08 22:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2437037837 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2437038822 2023-01-08 22:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2437038822 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2437039694 2023-01-08 22:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2437039694 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2438552047 2023-01-09 23:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2438552047 jerabekeme1_1 https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2438555018 2023-01-09 23:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jerabekeme1_1/e8e86ipmz9ohud8n/wish/2438555018