More positive examples of what the ESA has accomplished.

Greenback cutthroat trout: Colorado
RECLASSIFIED TO THREATENED
Listed as endangered in 1967, the greenback cutthroat trout was reclassified as threatened in 1978. Since then, the Service, National Park Service, Forest Service and the Colorado Division of Wildlife have restored the species to more than 40 lakes and streams in and around the Rocky Mountain National Park and other areas in Colorado. The species could be removed from the list by the year 2000.

Columbian white-tailed deer: Oregon, Washington
POPULATION INCREASE
The Columbian white-tailed deer population in Oregon has increased from 300 to 400 individuals in 1976 to more than 7,000. Its range has expanded from 80 square kilometers in 1940 to about 1,200 square kilometers today. The Service is evaluating the status of the species for reclassification or removal from the list.

Apache trout: Arizona
POPULATION INCREASE
Captive breeding and reintroduction success have boosted the population of this fish.

Gray whale: Coasts of Alaska, Califomia, Oregon, Washington
RECOVERED
The eastern North Pacific Gray whale population has doubled since it was listed. The whale now supports a thriving whale tour business in Southern Califomia and was declared recovered and removed from the list in 1994 by the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Fair or not, in my opinion, our lives are better for the fact that those animals still exist. Thank you, Endangered Species Act.