Summary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973

The purposes of this Act are: to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend may be conserved; to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered and threatened species; and, to take such steps as may be appropriate to achieve the purposes of the international treaties and conventions of which the United States of America is a part.

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