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Science 13 June 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5319, pp. 1636 - 1638
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5319.1636
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ECOLOGY:
When a Habitat Is Not a Home

Jocelyn Kaiser

Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), which are supposed to protect endangered species by preserving habitat, have become widely used in the past few years. But a growing chorus of ecologists and conservation biologists contends that many plans are flawed and the basic concept should be revised. These scientists are wading into the debate because, after years of wrangling, Congress may be close to rewriting the Endangered Species Act, and at the center of the fight over the legislation is what it should say about HCPs and other schemes to give landowners incentives to preserve habitat.

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