May 2, 2003

Protecting the Endangered Species Act

By MALCOLM G. SCULLY

Of all the federal laws designed to protect the environment, the Endangered Species Act may be the most admired -- and the most reviled. Signed by Richard M. Nixon almost 30 years ago, the act has become the country's most important legal weapon in protecting biodiversity. Its purposes are "to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved," and "to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and

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