Fifty years ago this month, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) came into force. The Senate had unanimously passed the bill in July 1973, in a bipartisan show of support that’s almost unthinkable today, and the House of Representatives overwhelmingly backed it 355-4. As he signed it, President Richard Nixon declared the new law would preserve an “irreplaceable part of our national heritage — threatened wildlife.” It was an amazing achievement and showed the rapid ascent of the environment as a significant issue in American politics. Rachel Carson’s landmark book “Silent Spring” was barely a decade old, and the Environmental Protection Agency was still one of the newest federal agencies. T
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