The problem with the Endangered Species Act, as is the problem with everything the government does, is it was hijacked to further political aims. If there was a project some Greenies didn’t like, they’d find a species that the project endangered and *viola! * the project is killed. Virtually everything is viewed by the Left as a means to accomplish their goals. And the goals of the Left are diametrically opposed to the rest of us in the pursuit of happiness. The best thing we could do is role back government to what it was in the 1920’s.
Time to get rid of the ESA. It is a unconstitutional over reach by the federal government.
The actual problem is the act is applied locally not nationally. Take the example of the Bald Eagle - everyone assumed that soon there would be no more on Earth.
But there were many thousands, except in certain places which were deemed part of the bird’s “historic range”.
There could be a few of something in the county you live in, but millions in the next county over. However, for the act, both counties would be treated equally.