In summary, the petition requests that the Bush Administration cease delaying Endangered Species Act protection for 225 of the nations most imperiled plants and animals. One of the candidates for protection is the White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia) http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/fringeless/index.html
The Clinton administration placed 65 species per year on the endangered list, Bush Sr. averaged 59, and Reagan 32. But the Bush administration has essentially shut down the endangered species protection program. It has listed just nine per year. It has the worst record in the history of the Endangered Species Act.
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