Support for the Endangered Species Act remains high as Trump administration and Congress try to gut it
- Written by Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Associate Professor of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
The endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep.USFWSThe Endangered Species Act, or “the Act,” is arguably the most important law in the United States for conserving biodiversity and arresting the extinction of species.
Congress passed the ESA in 1973 with strong bipartisan support (the House voted 355-4 in favor of the law) at the behest...