DC elites think if the federal government can't get it done, nobody can. Here's why they're wrong

The supposed purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to help animal populations recover to sustainable numbers, at which point they are delisted. Yet only 3% of all species placed on the endangered list have been delisted.

Federal intervention in wildlife management not only hasn't resulted in success as defined under the ESA, but actively hampers state efforts to manage both listed species and unlisted species, often causing risk to unlisted prey species. If the federal government isn't able to find success, maybe it's time we return authority to state authorities who have.