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Vol.
XXV, No. 3—May/June, 2000
The Endangered
Species Act gives the Fish and Wildlife Service a responsibility breathtaking
in scope: nothing less than restoring our Nation’s imperiled plant and
animal species to a secure status and conserving the ecosystems upon which
they, and all of us, depend. Many of these species have been declining
for decades or even centuries. A few benefit right away from the Act’s
legal protection. For most, however, the road to recovery is a long one,
filled with obstacles and uncertainty. Many animals, for example, require
years of research, captive breeding and reintroduction, the removal of
competing non-native species, and wide scale ecological restoration for
recovery. Significant progress in stabilizing and restoring listed species
is being made, as this edition of the Bulletin illustrates. |
