The US Federal government has done a lot to save the whales.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protec...
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protec...
The current administration is openly extractive without the fig leaves of old.
I don’t think we can look forward to nature - whether it’s national parks or marine parks or just being a non polluting neighbor - getting any priority or protection from now onwards.