Harriet Hageman: “I have never seen a recovery plan that does not include some kind of a backstop that would protect a recovered species.”

So they decided to turn to the courts.

They're very backwards people. I kind of look at them like flat-Earthers. They're very backwards people in the way that they approach things.

I am, in fact, optimistic that those festivities we’ve already enjoyed are currently inspiring a new sense of purpose in our national identity.

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.