Saving Biodiversity: A status report on state laws, policies and programs was produced in 1996 by the Center for Wildlife Law at the University of New Mexico and The Defenders of Wildlife with funding from The Geraldine R. Dodge Foudation.
The following are summaries of the 50 state's laws, policies and programs that impact biodiversity protection. There are 10 major categories of state laws and programs surveyed: biodiversity policy; status of biodiversity science; endangered species; state agency management for biodiversity; impact assessment; habitat acquisition; private land conservation; exotic species; animal damage control programs; and additional legal protections for biodiversity.
New Mexico Center for Wildlife Law
University of New Mexico School of Law
1117 Stanford NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-5006
lprovenc@unm.edu