May, 1996
Arizona Water Resources,
Joe Gelt
ed.,
vol.
5,
no.
2,
12
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
May, 1996
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Dedicated to saving plants and animals from extinction, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) also has complicated and far-reaching effects on water policy. As stated by a speaker at a recent conference at the Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado, "The ESA is behind much of what is happening and will happen in water law."