[Dowly]

Originally Posted by August

That doesn't make him a swamp creature, quite the opposite.

A swamp creature would support the Endangered Species Act, not to save the precious little furry animals which it almost never does, but rather for the sweeping powers that the law gives the federal government. Laws which have been used to grab millions of acres of American land.


https://www.the-scientist.com/?artic...gered-Species/

I don't know about those millions of acres, as I do not have the time to look into it right now (perhaps you could provide a source?), but for the rest of your quote:

Your own article also states this:

Supporters of the ESA have cited a PNAS study, which reported that, as of 2015, the act had not substantially interfered with or halted any major building projects. Others have pointed to the universal benefits of species conservation. “Habitat loss is the single largest cause of species extinction worldwide, so the ability to preserve the habitat needed by species is the most powerful tool of the Endangered Species Act,” ecologist Bradley Cardindale of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor told Climate Central. “Conservation of biological diversity provides people with insurance that the world will be able to produce their air, water and food even as the climate changes.”

The study says that:

We analyze data on all 88,290 consultations (building projects -Dowly) recorded by FWS from January 2008 through April 2015. In contrast to conventional wisdom about section 7 implementation, no project was stopped or extensively altered as a result of FWS finding jeopardy or adverse modification during this period.

Here's also an article talking about the study:
Study finds criticisms of Endangered Species Act unfounded

The analysis shows that the act “hasn’t been killing the economy, hasn’t stopped jobs,” Li says. “The empirical evidence and analysis shows us that what some people thought was true is not.”