Source: Brad Haire, FARM PROGRESS, 1/19/22


Georgia has 151 counties with federally listed endangered species. It has eight counties that don’t have an endangered species within its border. Most Southern states are similar, with many counties home to an endangered species. It may be a plant, insect, fish or mammal, but it’s something, and it’s there. The Endangered Species Act was born in 1973. A good year, and not a bad act. It provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. The act has been the vehicle to do some good things and protects some good species.

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