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Endangered Species Update, May-July 2010

Thinking Forward
Categorized Under: Environment

This article is the first in a series of quarterly updates of important endangered species actions by the federal government. Two agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), have authority to administer the Endangered Species Act. NMFS has authority over marine species and anadromous fish (fish that spend part of their life in the ocean and part in fresh water). USFWS has authority over all other species, including freshwater fish.

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Dr. David Zippin
Vice PresidentICF International

Dr. Zippin has more than 18 years of experience in applying ecological science to environmental management and planning throughout the southwestern United States. His specialty is regional conservation planning, including habitat conservation plans and natural community conservation plans.

He has expertise in compliance with federal and state Endangered Species Acts, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and wetland regulations under the Clean Water Act. The coauthor of the award-winning book Understanding the Habitat Conservation Planning Process in California: A Guidebook for Project and Regional Conservation Planning, he holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas–Austin.