What is it and how does it impact Alabama forest landowners?

摘要

Most everyone agrees that protecting threatened or endangered species is a good thing to do for our nation's watersheds and terrestrial landscapes. Everyone likes that warm, fuzzy feeling he or she gets when doing something positive for an animal. However, forest landowners are sometimes confused and fearful they might suffer some type of government intervention or loss of land if a threatened or endangered species is found on their property. For this reason, they often think twice about conducting activities or sharing information to benefit threatened and endangered species. In reality, there has never been an instance in Alabama where a landowner lost their land as a result of the Endangered Species Act (Act).