What protection does the Endangered Species Act (ESA) give to endangered species?
Most basically, if a species is put on the Endangered Species List, it becomes illegal to kill it or destroy its habitat. • Who is in charge of the Endangered Species Act? The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which is part of the Interior Department. • What is an Incidental Take Permit (ITP)? Since the ESA is supposed to prevent the killing of endangered species, the USFWS has to issue a special permit that allows the “taking” of a species. The ITP is a loophole in the Endangered Species Act, originally designed to allow scientists to occasionally take a species for study. In the battle over development on San Bruno Mountain, developers and allies went to Washington and successfully lobbied the Reagan administration to change the law to allow for development. • What is a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)? An HCP is a plan, under the ESA, that allows development on endangered species habitat by issuing an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) for the endangered species. In return for the harm
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