National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 257 | The Future of the Endangered Species Act

By Jess Repanshek - January 14th, 2024

When Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, it said that species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the US have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untampered by adequate concern and conservation. Other species of fish, wildlife, and plants have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of, or threatened with, extinction. These species of fish, wildlife, and plants are of the aesthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the nation and its people.

2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, better known as the ESA. Where do things stand with the Act and the plants and animals it was to protect? We’re going to explore that today with Andrew Carter and Lindsay Rosa, authors of a new report from Defenders of Wildlife, “The Endangered Species Act: The Next 50 Years and Beyond”.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:48 Vista Verde - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus and Canyons
1:22 Great Smoky Mountains Association
1:44 Interior Federal Credit Union
2:17 Episode 257 - The Future of the Endangered Species Act
27:02 Amaranth - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
27:27 NPT Promo
28:19 Episode 257 - The Future of the Endangered Species Act Continues
49:34 The Horsemen - Randy Petersen - The Spirit of South Dakota
50:00 Episode Closing
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50:50 Splitbeard Productions
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