It will make the extinction of species much more likely,

The threat to the act is more substantial and more real than it has been in along time.

The report argues that the (low) figure is not the best measure of success or failure of the act to this point. Many endangered species are making steady progress toward recovery under the Endangered Species...

We have quantitative data on several species and each example shows that a species can make significant progress. But that progress is measured in decades. All of the species (in the report) are still on...

Its virtually inconceivable that the outcome of that conference would be positive to conservation,

(The new rule) would have done more for species recovery than critical habitat ever did.

We’re getting everything from spare change to 20-dollar bills.

Any deal that might be reached could come undone in conference.

It’s the toughest problem the Act faces.

Any landowner who didn’t want to pay a fee into the mitigation fund could opt out of the HCP and say to the Fish and Wildlife Service, I’m planning to develop 500 homes,

Either he’s trying to hide the ball – hide what his bill is going to do – or he doesn’t know what his bill is going to do.

I would be skeptical of any contention that ‘cooperative conservation’ is the only tool needed. I think they want to emphasize that and de-emphasize the regulations.

We’ve been training for the past three days. These guys are efficient, strong and ready to help people,

[They caution against relying too much on public-private partnerships.] I would be skeptical of any contention that Ë cooperative conservation ‘ is the only tool needed, … I think they want to emphasize that and...