25 / PRNewswire-USNewswire / -- The Endangered Species Act , which was created to help protect species in danger of extinction , put the very species it is supposed to protect at risk , according to a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis ( NCPA ) . The Act severely penalized landowners , and as a result , many fearful property owners have taken action to make their land inhospitable to endangered species. human habitation or even visiting the land. value , loss of income or lost use of land. conservation that has saved such species as the plains bison .