Excerpt from The National Biological Survey Act of 1993: Hearing Before the Subcommittee Environment and Natural Resources of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives; And the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands of the Committee on Natural Resources House Of<br><br>In 1973, we established a safety net for our biological resources - the Endangered Species Act. This law has worked well to prevent the extinction of many species, but the safety net is beginning to clog. As of June species of plants and ani mals had been listed as endangered or threatened. The Federal Government is under court order to list another 450 species within 4 years.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.