It doesn't really matter whether it's the federal government that oversees the protection of endangered species and open space conservation or the state,

Federal agencies shouldn't be able to dodge their obligations to protect endangered species by delegating important decision to the states. The state doesn't have the authority to protect endangered species the way the feds do.

I think open space is like an endangered species, because once it's gone, it's gone. We can't go back and fix it.

It's an unfortunate commentary on the willingness of this administration to undermine the Endangered Species Act. Despite its small size this toad needs a lot of land to complete its life cycle.

In the 1970s, Safari Club International asked the federal government to approve its import of 1,125 not-yet-killed trophies of 40 endangered species, including gorillas, orangutans and tigers, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

Endangered species are our friends.