Defenders' Experts
Guide to Transportation and Wildlife Law
When designing any federal project, including the construction of a new road, agencies must consider the needs of several different interests. The following is a list of the most important laws that apply to transportation and wildlife:
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACT, Section 4(f)
- NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 (NEPA)
- ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 (ESA)
- CLEAN WATER ACT (FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION ACT, as amended)
- MARINE PROTECTION RESEARCH AND SANCTUARIES ACT OF 1972
- WILDERNESS ACT OF 1964
- WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT
- COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972
- COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT
- NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT
- FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT
- LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT OF 1965
- WATER BANK ACT
- EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESOURCES ACT OF 1986
- RIVERS AND HARBORS ACT OF 1899
- 49 U.S.C. 303, protection of wildlife and waterfowl refuges
- 23 U.S.C. 109(h), economic, social, and environmental effects of highways
- Executive Order 13112 (64 FR 6183), Invasive Species
- Executive Order 11990 (42 FR 26961), protection of wetlands
- Executive Order 11988 (42 FR 26951), floodplain management
- Executive Order 12148 (44 FR 43239), floodplain management
The Center for Wildlife Law
Federal Wildlife and Related Laws Handbook, Statute Summaries
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