The 95th Congress has witnessed intensified attacks on wildlife conservation statutes that are chipping away at the Administration's expressed concern for environmental values and that threaten to undo the national commitment made in prior years. The billion-dollar tuna fishing and canning industry has collided with the requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976¹ (MMPA) over the incidental killing of porpoises while using high-technology fishing practices. After complex litigation on both coasts, a three-month strike by the tuna fishermen, and a conciliatory Commerce Department pronouncement, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would relax the MMPA requirements in order to get the fleet back to sea. The issue is now under consideration in the Senate. When the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals² blocked completion of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River because the project threatened the continued existence of the snail darter, a three-inch fish found only in the portion of the river that would be flooded by the dam, a public outcry arose against the tight strictures of the Endangered Species Act. Hearings on the Act are expected in the near future in both Houses of the Congress.