Testimony Regarding ESA Consultation Impediments to Economic and Infrastructure Development to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Wood, Jonathan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2941086

Testimony Regarding ESA Consultation Impediments to Economic and Infrastructure Development to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

12 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2017

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Jonathan Wood

Pacific Legal Foundation

Date Written: March 26, 2017

Abstract

This testimony, presented to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations contends that the Endangered Species Act consultation process obstructs economic and infrastructure development, even to the point of harming species.

Keywords: Endangered Species Act, ESA, Consultation, economic development, infrastructure, environmental review, Congressional testimony, congressional hearing, Committee on Natural Resources, Pacific Legal Foundation

JEL Classification: K20, K23, K32, K11

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Wood, Jonathan, Testimony Regarding ESA Consultation Impediments to Economic and Infrastructure Development to the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2941086 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2941086