Episode #6
What to Expect When You're Expecting to Go Extinct
The Endangered Species Act: An Introduction and Explanation What is endangered? How do you get on the list? Have you watched Sex and the City? Endangered Species Act - House: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/37 Endangered Species Act - Senate: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/senate-bill/1983/all-actions?s=6&r=1&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22endangered+Species+Act%22%7D Rep. John Dingell Retirement: https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/nrdcs-president-dingell-giant-who-safeguarded-our-environment-and-health Evolution to ESA: https://www.fws.gov/esa50/our-history/pre-1973 https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ESA-Section-4-Listing.pdf ESA designation definitions: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-differences-between-endangered-threatened-imperiled-and-risk-species#:~:text=Under%20the%20Endangered%20Species%20Act,endangered%20within%20the%20foreseeable%20future . Puetro RicanSharp Shinned Hawk: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk/lifehistory 5-year status review Puerto Rican Sharp Shinned Hawk: https://ecosphere-documents-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/sams/public_docs/species_nonpublish/5787.pdf Rusty Patch Bumble Bee on Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/25/2024-01454/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-90-day-findings-for-10-species Minnesota and the Rusty Patch Bumble Bee: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l ESA Loophole: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1320&context=jesl Definition of Habitat: https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2022-06/rescind-regulatory-definition-habitat-under-endangered-species-act Changes to Endangered Speices Act: https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article305258441.html Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06746/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act Grizzly Bear: https://www.fws.gov/species/grizzly-bear-ursus-arctos-horribilis Grizzly Court Ruling: https://earthjustice.org/press/2009/protections-restored-for-yellowstone-grizzly-bears Endangered Grizzly: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/grizzly_bear/# Gray Wolf ESA Listing: https://wolf.org/wolf-info/51811-2/ Gray Wolf: https://www.fws.gov/species/gray-wolf-canis-lupus Bringing back the Wolly Mammouth: https://colossal.com/mammoth/ Passenger Pigeon: https://www.si.edu/spotlight/passenger-pigeon Black-browned babbler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-browed_babbler Not extinct stick insect: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/lord-howe-island-stick-insect/ https://earthjustice.org/article/how-trump-and-congress-are-trying-to-gut-the-endangered-species-act-and-what-you-can-do-about-it
