The term "conservation" is defined in the Act to mean: 



"to use, and the use of, all methods and 

 procedures which are necessary to bring 

 any endangered species or threatened spe- 

 cies to the point at which the measures 

 provided pursuant to this act are no longer 

 necessary. Such methods and procedures 

 include, but are not limited to, all activ- 

 ities associated with scientific resource 

 management, such, as research, census, law 

 enforcement, habitat acquisition and main- 

 tenance, propagation, live trapping and 

 transportation and, in the extraordinary 

 case where population pressures within a 

 given ecosystem cannot be otherwise re- 

 lieved, may include regulated taking." 



The term "endangered species" is defined in the Act as : 



"any species which is in danger of extinction 

 through all or a significant portion of its 

 range, other than a species of the Class In- 

 secta, determined by the Secretary to consti- 

 tute a pest whose protection under the pro- 

 visions of this Act would present an over- 

 whelming and overriding risk to man." 



The term "threatened species" means "any species which 

 is likely to become an endangered species within the fore- 

 seeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its 

 range". The definitions apply to the animal and plant king- 

 doms . 



The Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to de- 

 velop a list of endangered and threatened species and to 

 publish that list in the Federal Register. After consultation 

 as appropriate with the relevant states, the Secretary may 

 designate certain "critical habitats" for particular threat- 

 ened or endangered species. 



The Act prohibits the taking, importing, possessing, 

 delivering, carrying or selling of threatened and endangered 

 species, including live animals, dead bodies or parts of 

 bodies . 



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