WILLisms.com: Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 85 -- Endangered Species Act.

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Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 85 -- Endangered Species Act.

The Environment-

Since the Endangered Species Act became law over 30 years ago, only nine of the close to 1,300 species given special protection under the ESA - or 0.6 percent of the total - have recovered.

Source:

The National Center For Public Policy Research.

The Environmental Defense Center for Conservation Incentives takes a look at the few species which have recovered (.pdf):

The Whooping Crane-

Kirtland's Warbler-

The Bald Eagle-

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle-

The Endangered Species Act (ESA), an utter failure (notwithstanding the ones mentioned above-- something which may or may not have anything to do with the ESA), has the incentives and disincentives for conservation all backward. It needs serious reform, not more of the same.

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Posted by Will Franklin · 22 June 2005 10:16 AM

Comments

I think Kaw Lake in Poca city, Oklahoma had some Bald Eagles!...

Posted by: Zsa Zsa at June 22, 2005 09:29 PM

Hello! Those poor people in Tibet who can't even kill a fly are the ones with the real problems***By the way, I WON! Ya hoo!

Posted by: Cindy T. at June 22, 2005 09:47 PM