Endangered by Sprawl: How Runaway Development Threatens America's Wildlife

Estimates the growth of land consumption in metropolitan areas over the next 25 years, investigates locally implemented strategies to protect natural lands from overdevelopment, and offers "smart growth" as an option for reducing suburban sprawl

Critical Habitat at the Crossroads: Responding to the G.W. Bush Administration\u27s Attacks on Critical Habitat Designation under the ESA

In this article, we argue that the George W. Bush Administration\u27s ( Administration ) attacks on the critical habitat protections in the Endangered Species Act ( ESA ) warrant priority attention from the environmental movement. Many species across the United States and, indeed, around the world, continue to slip towards extinction. As Congress recognized when it passed the ESA, the decline of most species can be directly traced to the destruction of their habitat. Protection and restoration of ecosystems that support endangered species is thus fundamental to species conservation