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

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Richard Nixon is the president who signed the Endangered Species Act into law. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) RICHARD NIXON: Each of us all across this great land has a ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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. The powerful law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America. It enjoyed nea… ...

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.

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 ...