OverviewThe Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains one of the most powerful—and controversial—federal environmental statutes affecting agriculture. While the Act was enacted in 1973 with the laudable objective of preventing the extinction of plant and animal species, decades of expansive regulatory interpretation have transformed the ESA into a far-reaching land-use statute. Farmers, ranchers, foresters, and rural landowners have often found thems…
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