A leading conservation research group found that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the United States are at risk of extinction, while 41% of ecosystems are facing collapse.
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Importantly, the report pinpoints the areas in the United States where land is unprotected and where animals and plants are facing the most threats. U.S. Representative Don Beyer, a Democrat who has proposed legislation to create a wildlife corridor system to rebuild threatened populations of fish, wildlife and plants, said NatureServe's work would be critical to helping agencies identify what areas to prioritize and where to establish migration routes.
California, Texas and the southeastern United States are where the highest percentages of plants, animals and ecosystems are at risk, the report found. "Which means a lot of plants are not going to get conservation attention. We're almost in triage mode trying to keep our natural systems in place," Knapp said.Vivian Negron-Ortiz, the president of the Botanical Society of America and a botanist with the U.S.
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