Report on U.S. Wildlife Populations Reaffirms Effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act, Proposes New Tool to Combat Extinction Crisis

The populations of more than two-thirds of all imperiled mammal species in the United States, from the wolverine (pictured) to the polar bear, are falling. Source: Flickr/guppiecat

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015.  According to a new Center for American Progress studyof wildlife population trends in the United States, the Endangered Species Act, or ESA, is effectively preventing the disappearance of wildlife species that are at the brink of extinction, while species not yet protected…