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Stream Flow Maintenance In Virginia, Timothy Hayes, Jeter M. Watson
Stream Flow Maintenance In Virginia, Timothy Hayes, Jeter M. Watson
University of Richmond Law Review
Increasing and conflicting uses of water have been widely heralded as one of the major environmental crises facing society. Below average rainfall in recent years has caused municipal water shortages in Virginia, particularly in the rapidly growing areas of the southeastern part of the state, evidence that water quantity problems are no longer a phenomenon peculiar to the western states. Generally, those in Virginia who advocate reallocation of water to areas of the state experiencing such shortages feel that the state has enough water, just not all in the correct places.
Congressional Reaction To Tva V. Hill: The 1978 Amendments To The Endangered Species Act, John R. Walk
Congressional Reaction To Tva V. Hill: The 1978 Amendments To The Endangered Species Act, John R. Walk
University of Richmond Law Review
The first comprehensive legislation for the protection of endangered species was the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1966. It provided for "a program for the conservation, protection, restoration, and propagation of selected species of native fish and wildlife ... that are threatened with extinction."' In 1969, Congress expanded the Act in several important respects; however, it became apparent, as stated in 1972 by President Nixon, that the existing legislation "simply [did] not provide the kind of management tools needed to act early enough to save a vanishing species."'