Connie Boardman penned this OpEd for the Voice of OC on the importance of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The act was signed into law by then President Richard Nixon who stated, “Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” We must all fight the proposed rollbacks of the protections granted in the ESA.

View the Voice of OC OpEd.