Section 7 consultation data

The US Endangered Species Act (ESA) directs federal agencies to consult with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) if an action they carry out, fund, or authorize might affect ESA-listed species. FWS has recorded information about all consultations they have conducted since 2008. The dataset `FWS_S7_clean_30Jul2015.RData` covers 88,290 consultations from 2008 through early 2015. The file `metadata.R` contains metadata for all of the columns in the data. This dataset is also available as part of a web application package at https://github.com/Defenders-ESC/section7_explorer.《美国濒危物种法案（US Endangered Species Act, ESA）》要求联邦机构在其开展、资助或授权的行动可能影响列入ESA保护名录的物种时，须与美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS）开展磋商。美国鱼类及野生动物管理局已记录了自2008年以来其所开展的全部磋商活动的相关信息。数据集`FWS_S7_clean_30Jul2015.RData`涵盖了2008年至2015年初的88290次磋商记录。文件`metadata.R`包含了该数据集所有字段的元数据。该数据集亦可通过https://github.com/Defenders-ESC/section7_explorer处的Web应用程序包获取。