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- Title
Natural Areas Protection at its Best; Protecting the Tennessee Purple Coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis).
- Authors
Bowen, Brian
- Abstract
The delisting of Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) from the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) marks a major conservation milestone. Its removal from the ESA demonstrates the purpose of the law and how it is intended to work. It is a conservation success story that celebrates the recovery of a species once considered extinct hut now protected in 10 Tennessee Designated State Natural Areas and on other conservation lands in Middle Tennessee. The rediscovery of the species and the protection of its live populations is the legacy of many dedicated people over decades. Thts effort utilized best science practices and important land protection measures in partnership with state and federal govemment. unisersities. and The Tennessee Chapter of The Nature Conservancy to accomplish a significant conservation goal. it is a testimony to conservation law that protects species at the federal and state level under the ESA and the Tennessee Natural Areas Preservation Act of 1971.
- Subjects
TENNESSEE; ENDANGERED species laws; NATURE reserves; ECHINACEA (Plants); NATURE conservation
- Publication
Natural Areas Journal, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 4, p326
- ISSN
0885-8608
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3375/043.031.0402