2/21/2023

ESA..... 1973 Endangered Species Act

To date, 2,244 species are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, with 1,618 of those in the United States. Of the listed species in the United States, 884 are plants; 307 are invertebrates, including insects, mollusks, and others; 163 are fishes; 95 are birds; 96 are mammals; 36 are reptiles; 35 are amphibians; and two are fungi — lichens, actually.

Since the Endangered Species Act was first passed 1973, only 3 percent of species protected by the law have recovered to the point where they are no longer threatened or endangered.
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