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Endangered Species Act: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | To some, the snail darter represents environmental extremism because opponents of the Tellico Dam were able to use an obscure fish along with the ESA to stop a large project that was near completion. |
 | | Thus the benefits did not outweigh the costs, and the Dam was "ill-conceived and uneconomical in the first place," according to Cecil Andrus (additional info and facts about Cecil Andrus), then Secretary of the Interior (The position of the head of the Department of the Interior) and a member of the God Squad. |
 | | Tellico Lake and Tellico Village (additional info and facts about Tellico Village) exist now as legacies of this epic battle. |
| www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/en/endangered_species_act.htm (1045 words) |