Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 5405
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 5405
- Endangered species: means a species listed as endangered under this chapter or under the federal Endangered Species Act. See
- Habitat: means the physical and biological environment in which a particular species of plant or animal lives. See
- Plant: means any member of the plant kingdom, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources. See
- Species: means wildlife or wild plants and any subspecies or other group of wildlife or wild plants of the same species, the members of which may interbreed when mature. See
- Wildlife: means any member of a nondomesticated species of the animal kingdom, whether reared in captivity or not, including any mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or other invertebrate and also including any part, product, egg, offspring, dead body, or part of the dead body of any such wildlife. See
§ 5405. Conservation programs
The Secretary, with the advice of the Endangered Species Committee, may establish conservation programs and establish recovery plans for the conservation or recovery of threatened or endangered species of wildlife or plants or for the conservation or recovery of critical habitat. The programs may include the purchase of land or aquatic habitat and the formation of contracts for the purpose of management of wildlife or wild plant refuge areas or for other purposes. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)