Don Baccus is right. Some people trying to use the Endangered Species
Act when it has no relation to the project they are trying to stop. That
cheapens the Act and gives opponents of the Act grist for their mill.

Although as Endangered Species Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service in the central and west Pacific, (l973-l979) we didn't
have much of that hanky-panky. But I'm a little disturbed by the some
the actions on the Mainland of some extremists groups. That sort of
stuff casts doubts on the validity of the Act by opponents and gets
others, such as some property owners, unecessarily up in arms.

The Bald Eagle is still protected by the Bald Eagle Act along with the
Golden Eagle. And as Don said, the purpose of recovery plans is to work
so that a species is no longer considered endangered. Apparently
Secretery. Babbitt thinks that has been accomplished with the Bald
Eagle. I understand there are now well over 5,000 pairs in the lower 48
states. I stand to be corrected if wrong. So, in this case, the recovery
plan worked.

Broken down bugologist er somethin, Gene Kridler