Watch the video above about the ESA and answer the following questions in your lab notebook
Who was the president in 1973 and signed the ESA into law?
What caused the population decline of the bald eagle about 10 years prior to the ESA becoming law?
Is the bald eagle still listed as endangered? How many pairs of bald eagles were there in 2007?
What other species was brought back from the brink of extinction? Describe what caused this species to decline, and how it was brought back.
Think about it & dig deeper: What competing interests do federal agencies like the US Fish and Wildlife have to work with and take into account when establishing habitat preserves for endangered species? What other purposes could that land serve?
