Letter to a Georgia senator regardng the Endangered Species Act

Dear Senator,

Thank you for your recent response to my letter regarding the Endangered Species Act. Although I agree that in its current form the Endangered Species Act is imperfect and could be improved in some ways, that is not where I see current alternatives headed. We are at a time of crisis for much of the biodiversity in this country that God has blessed us with, and alternatives to the current protection of species such as that proposed by Richard Pombo are untenable as being an improvement to the current Act. A good improvement might be to give tax breaks to landowners affected by the ESA, but to require the nation to pay a person not to destroy the last bit of habitat for one of the creations God has given us to pass down to future generations sounds like blackmail to me. It is not a failed law. The peregrine falcon and bald eagle, our nation's symbol, attest to that, as do many other species making a comeback from the brink of extinction due to the ESA. The many species which are candidates for ESA status but have gone extinct or nearly so due to lack of protection also attest to its effectiveness. If you are working to change the ESA, please work to improve and not weaken it.

Thank you