旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � BIODIVERSITY: BEYOND NOAH'S ARK Page 79 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � By: Rep. James H. Scheuer, Chairman, Subcommittee on the Environment � � � � Because it has enacted a broad-ranging Endangered Species Act, the United � � States often is touted as the model for legislating preservation of � � biological diversity. But other countries that seek to emulate this � � American formula The Endangered Species Act will not, as advertised, � � prevent the destruction of the biological diversity of our Nation. The � � President and his Administration do not have the courage to implement a � � law that constantly highlights their domestic economic and environmental � � failures. � � � � The reasons for the continuing controversy of the latest "Spotted � � Owl/Ancient forests" vs Logging jobs controversy can be found in a new � � report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) on the Implementation of � � the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The GAO report was requested by the � � Subcommittee on Environment, which I chair, and the Committee on Science, � � Space, and Technology, chaired by Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. � � � � Their findings show that some 650 domestic plant and animal species have � � been listed and protected as endangered or threatened under the � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸