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AMERICA'S Endangered Species Act had its 32nd anniversary Dec. 28, marking the day Republican President Richard Nixon signed the landmark legislation. The act has been an overwhelming success. Of all at-risk species it identified, 98 percent have been saved from extinction.
The American bald eagle was a symbol of the struggle that began a half-century ago. Hunting and the loss of habitat sent eagle populations into decline across the nation. Then DDT, the toxic pesticide, threatened to make them extinct - a story told powerfully by Rachel Carson in her classic 1962 book Silent Spring.See the full content of this document
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Endangered: ; Protect Law, Species
Growing public concern for bald eagles and other disappearing creatures sparked Congress to pass increasingly strong laws to protect e...
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