United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-11-15 monographic deposited born digital 69 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-35 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35 P0b002ee18038caef f:d0735 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35 GAO-07-35 Conservation Conservation practices Conservation programs Eligibility criteria Endangered species Federal funds Interagency relations Policy evaluation Program evaluation Surveys Wildlife conservation Incentives Interagency agreements Private lands Program coordination Other Written Product A63384 Authorization for several conservation programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expires in 2007, raising questions about how these programs may be modified, including how they can better support conservation of threatened and endangered species. Private landowners receive funding under these programs to implement conservation projects directed at several resource concerns, including threatened and endangered species. In this report, GAO discusses (1) stakeholder views on the incentives and disincentives to participating in USDA programs for the benefit of threatened and endangered species and their suggestions for addressing identified disincentives and (2) coordination efforts by USDA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to benefit threatened and endangered species. In performing this work, GAO conducted telephone surveys with a nonprobability sample of over 150 federal and nonfederal officials and landowners. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35.pdf GAO-07-35 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-35 Other Written Product GAO-07-35; USDA Conservation Programs: Stakeholder Views on Participation and Coordination to Benefit Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Habitats; Conservation Conservation practices Conservation programs Eligibility criteria Endangered species Federal funds Interagency relations Policy evaluation Program evaluation Surveys Wildlife conservation Incentives Interagency agreements Private lands Program coordination Volume 99 Page 1509 99 Stat. 1509