Perspective
Jul. 9, 2011
Ecological Community Should Be Preserved as a Whole
Thomas H. Clarke Jr. writes in response to "An Unintended Consequence of the Endangered Species Act."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
The key weakness in Professor Jonathan H. Alder's polemic is what he readily admits - all the "evidence" for the disaster he claims to be describing is derived from anecdotal accounts. ("An Unintended Consequence of the Endangered Species Act," July 1). Whether there are many or but a few such accounts, they are anecdotal, not valid scientific evidence. The key shortcoming of the Endangered Species Act ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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