The Endangered Species Act…

The Endangered Species Act needs to be greatly strengthened and strongly enforced. Key habitats and the environment surrounding them need to be protected at all costs, and no amount of economic incentive or perceived inconvenience to humans should be permitted as a bypass to these regulations.

Regulations for protection should be rigorous and thorough, but not difficult to navigate - something that makes it extremely difficult to destroy the environment, but quite easy to protect it. A special note for permits/letters of options/etc. requested by environmental groups; allow them to work under a grouped species plan (ie. Covers lots of management plans for multiple endangered/SAR species, rather than one for every single species). And except pesticide use on native species if it benefits SAR species (ex. Spraying sumac to preserve turtle nesting habitat).

Base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and the opinion of experts.