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But ironically, to prevent a full unraveling of one of the world’s most powerful protections for wildlife and wild places, conservationists need to grapple with the mission creep of the ESA.
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Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
Critics saw it as mission creep, arguing that the agency was drifting from its core infrastructure protection role into politically sensitive territory.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Instead of efficiency, the target should have been effectiveness, which ultimately determines an organization’s value, as well as better ensuring that agencies remain focused on the mission for which they were established, thus safeguarding against mission creep.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2025
The growth in spending came not because the city is doing a better job of providing basic services, but because of mission creep on new programs that have failed to achieve their goals.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
Critics saw it as mission creep, arguing that the agency was drifting from its core infrastructure protection role into politically sensitive territory.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Instead of efficiency, the target should have been effectiveness, which ultimately determines an organization’s value, as well as better ensuring that agencies remain focused on the mission for which they were established, thus safeguarding against mission creep.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2025
The growth in spending came not because the city is doing a better job of providing basic services, but because of mission creep on new programs that have failed to achieve their goals.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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“Mission creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20creep. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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