On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law. In celebrating the law's enactment, Nixon proclaimed that the law would "provide[] the Federal ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about the Endangered Species Act, which turns 50 on Dec. 28. RICHARD NIXON: Each of us all across this great land has a stake in ...

On December 28, 1973, Richard Nixon put his presidential signature to the far-reaching Endangered Species Act, which for the first time provided America's iconic flora and fauna with serious legal ...

Fifty years ago last week, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a conservation law that quickly became one of the most politically attacked of all time. A few months ...

On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with ...

On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. "Nothing," he said, "is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of ...

Fifty years ago, on December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed The Endangered Species Act into law. The full title of the ESA was “an Act to provide for the conservation of endangered and ...

The Endangered Species Act is 50 years old — and without it humanity may go extinct, scholar says Environmental historian Lowell Baier explains why saving the environment was once a bipartisan ...

President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act on Dec. 28, 1973. As first signed, it represented a tall order: the government was to protect every endangered animal and plant in the U.S.

On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with ...

On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. The powerful law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America. It enjoyed nea… ...