,,iii  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,res4 #eaf  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,decemb] #ai1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,book] submitt$ ! foll[+      
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,environm5t & ,public ,works        
,,resolution  ,commemorat+ ! #ej?       
anniv]s>y ( ! passage ( ! ,endang]$     
,species ,act ( #aigc4  ,:]eas ,congress
 pass$ ! ,endang]$ ,species ,act ( #aigc
 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq47 7ref]r$  
to 9 ?is preamble z ! ,endang]$ ,species
 ,act7 9 ,decemb] ( #aigc by a vote (   
#ib-j 9 ! ,s5ate & #cee-d 9 ! ,h\se (   
,repres5tatives2 ,:]eas ,presid5t ,ri*>d
 ,nixon1 ^u sign+ ! ,endang]$ ,species  
,act into law1 /at$1 ,no?+ is m         
priceless & m wor?y ( pres]vation ?an ! 
ri* array ( animal life ) :i* our c\ntry
 has be5 bless$4 ,x is a _m-facet$      
treasure1 ( value to s*ol>s1 sci5ti/s1 &
 nature lov]s alike1 & x =ms a vital "p 
( ! h]itage we all %>e z ,am]icans & :i*
 we hold 9 tru/ to c\ntless future      
g5]ations ( our fell[ citiz5s42 ,:]eas  

decades ( poll+ h %[n /rong bip>tisan   
support = ! ,endang]$ ,species ,act1 ) m
 ?an #d out ( #e citiz5s ( ! ,unit$     
,/ates 9 favor ( x2 ,:]eas ! ,endang]$  
,species ,act is "o ( ! mo/ successful  
cons]vation laws ev] enact$ by any      
c\ntry1 & #ii p]c5t ( species protect$  
"u ! ,act h be5 sav$ f ext9ction1       
includ+ ! humpback :ale1 grizzly be>1 & 
bald eagle2 ,:]eas ?anks to ! ,endang]$ 
,species ,act1 gray :ales /ill swim our 
coa/s1 p]egr9e falcons /ill so> our     
skies1 & pol> be>s /ill roam ! ,arctic  
tundra2 ,:]eas ! ,endang]$ ,species ,act
 is curr5tly help+ protect & recov] m   
?an #b1jjj species ( plants & animals t 
are ?reat5$ or endang]$2 ,:]eas !       
,endang]$ ,species ,act provides add$   
b5efits to p by ma9ta9+ heal?y natural  
sy/ems t provide u ) clean air & wat]1  
food1 m$ic9es1 & o!r b5efits t we all   
ne$ to live heal?y lives2 ,:]eas !      
,int]gov]nm5tal ,sci5ce-,policy ,plat=m 
on ,biodiv]sity & ,ecosy/em ,s]vices    
publi%$ a /udy 9 #bjai t e/imat$ t #be  

p]c5t ( assess$ taxa ( plants & animals 
& #aj p]c5t ( insects1 :i* acc\nt = #ge 
p]c5t ( all species1 c\ld be ?reat5$ )  
ext9ction2 ,:]eas1 globally1 #a1jjj1jjj 
animal & plant species face ext9ction )9
 ! com+ decades1 & millions m are decl9+
 z habitat loss1 climate *ange1 wildlife
 exploitation1 pollution1 & o!r human   
activities cont9ue to ?reat5 _!         
survival2 ,:]eas ,nor? ,am]ica alone has
 lo/ ne>ly #c1jjj1jjj1jjj birds s9ce    
#aigj1 :i* means m ?an #a 9 #d birds t h
 disappe>$ f ! l&scape 9 a m]e half a   
c5tury1 & 9 t same "t frame1 global     
wildlife populations h decl9$ by an     
av]age ( #fi p]c5t2 ,:]eas1 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates1 ne>ly half ( all ecosy/ems are  
at risk ( range-wide collapse2 ,:]eas1 z
 ( ,octob] #bjbc1 a total ( #b1cfc      
species ( animals & plants 7 li/$ z ei!r
 endang]$ or ?reat5$1 & #a1ffh ( all    
li/$ species occur 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &  
its t]ritories1 & ! rema9d] 7#fie       
species7 occur solely 9 o!r c\ntries2   
,:]eas ! unravel+ ( ! natural _w rema9s 

a fundam5tal ?reat to ! well-be+ ( all  
humanity1 :i* dep5ds on millions (      
species & ! c\ntless s]vices t ! web (  
life provides1 & ea* ext9ction br+s     
clos] ! collapse ( ^! planet>y          
life-support sy/ems1 includ+ c>bon      
seque/ration1 poll9ation1 wat]          
purification1 oxyg5 production1 &       
disease regulation2 ,:]eas !            
,int]gov]nm5tal ,panel on ,climate      
,*ange f\nd t climate *ange has caus$   
local species losses1 increases 9       
disease1 & mass mortality ev5ts ( plants
 & animals1 result+ 9 ! fir/            
climate-driv5 ext9ctions1 ecosy/em      
re/ructur+1 increases 9 areas burn$ by  
wildfire1 & decl9es 9 key ecosy/em      
s]vices2 ,:]eas ! planet is exp]i5c+ a  
biodiv]sity crisis1 :i* _m sci5ti/s     
conclude is ! six? mass ext9ction ev5t1 
) plant & wildlife species across !     
globe fac+ height5$ risk ( ext9ction t  
is l>gely driv5 by human activity2      
,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates has prioritiz$ ! 
cons]vation ( imp]il$ species by enact+ 

! ,endang]$ ,species ,act & o!r l&m>k   
cons]vation /atutes2 & ,:]eas ! recov]y 
( species "u ! ,endang]$ ,species ,act  
is a rem>kable success t %\ld be        
celebrat$3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,s5ate 
commemorates ! #ej? anniv]s>y ( !       
passage ( ! ,endang]$ ,species ,act (   
#aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq474