Federal government data reveals disparities in funding for endangered species recovery in the US, with a significant portion allocated to just two types of fish.
Since the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the US have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet federal government data reveals striking disparities in how much money is allocated to save various biological kingdoms. Of the roughly $1.
2 billion a year spent on endangered and threatened species, about half goes toward recovery of just two types of fish—salmon and steelhead trout along the West Coast
Endangered Species Funding Disparities US Fish
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