The Endangered Species Act at 50: "The most dazzling and ... - CBS News
WEBDec 31, 2023 · On December 28, 1973, Richard Nixon put his presidential signature to the far-reaching Endangered Species Act, which for the first time provided America's iconic flora and fauna with serious...
As the Endangered Species Act turns 50, those ... - Associated Press News
WEBDec 27, 2023 · On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. The powerful law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America.
The Endangered Species Act is turning 50. Has it succeeded? - Science News
WEBDec 22, 2023 · The condors’ happy ending is thanks in large part to the U.S. Endangered Species Act, or ESA, enacted on December 28, 1973. The act currently protects more than 2,300 species. This...
At 50 the Endangered Species Act is Worth Celebrating | TIME
WEBDec 28, 2023 · The act authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a list of endangered and threatened plant and animal species, and made it illegal...
Revisions Strengthen Endangered Species Act
WEBMar 28, 2024 · The ESA has been highly effective and credited with preventing the extinction of over 99% of the listed species it has protected over its 50-year history. Thus far, more than 100 species of plants and animals have been delisted due to recovery actions or downlisted from endangered to threatened based on …
Why the Endangered Species Act Is Broken, and How to Fix It
WEBMay 15, 2013 · On the landmark species-saving law’s 40th anniversary, environmental historian Peter Alagona explains why it doesn’t work and offers a path toward recovery.
How the Endangered Species Act Saved America - TIME
WEBDec 12, 2023 · The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 reversed one of the most disturbing histories of wildlife destruction of any modern nation, meriting its characterization by the Supreme Court as...
Endangered Species Act: 50 Years of Success in Conservation
WEBDec 20, 2023 · The Endangered Species Act was signed into law on Dec. 28 in 1973. It’s appropriate that it happened in the midst of the winter holiday season because it’s one of the best gifts we’ve ever given ourselves. It’s our nation’s most effective law to protect at-risk animals and plants from extinction both nationally and abroad.
Endangered Species Act | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
WEBThe Endangered Species Act establishes protections for fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered; provides for adding species to and removing them from the list of threatened and endangered species, and for preparing and implementing plans for their recovery; provides.
What the Endangered Species Act has accomplished in 50 years
WEBAug 28, 2023 · Signed by President Nixon in 1973, the Endangered Species Act passed with near-unanimous bipartisan support.