As used in this Act the following words have the following meanings: “Board” means the Endangered Species Protection Board created by this Act. “Conservation” means to use and the use of all methods and procedures which are necessary to bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are no longer necessary. Such methods and procedures include, but are not limited to, all activities associated with scientific resources management such as research, census, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and maintenance, propagation and transplantation. “Department” means the Department of Natural Resources and “Director” means the Director of that Department. “Endangered Species” means any species of plant or animal classified as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, P.L. 93-205, and amendments thereto, plus such other species which the Board may list as in danger of extinction in the wild in Illinois due to one or more causes including but not limited to, the destruction, diminution or disturbance of habitat, overexploitation, predation, pollution, disease, or other natural or manmade factors affecting its prospects of survival. “Threatened Species” means any species of plant or animal classified as threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, P.L. 93-205, and amendments thereto, plus such other species which the Board may list as likely to become endangered in the wild in Illinois within the foreseeable future. “Essential Habitat” means the specific ecological conditions required by an endangered or threatened species for its survival and propagation, or physical examples of these conditions.;
Citation: 520 ILCS 10/2;