That interpretation has been a crucial part of how the #EndangeredSpecies Act has protected over 1,700 species since its passage in 1973, said Hartl. It's helped preserve spawning grounds for #AtlanticSturgeon, allowing them to mate & sustain the population. It has protected old-growth #forests in the Pacific Northwest that house northern #SpottedOwls, saving them from #extinction.

#Law #Science #Wildlife #habitat #Conservation #Climate

"Any conservation gains species were making will be reversed—we're going to see losses again," he said.
Under the #EndangeredSpecies Act, it's illegal to "take" an endangered species. By #law, "take" is defined to mean actions that harass, harm, or kill species. For decades, federal agencies have interpreted "harm" broadly, to include actions that modify or degrade #habitats in ways that impair endangered species' ability to feed, breed or find shelter.

#Science #Wildlife #Conservation #Climate

The #Trump admin proposed a rule change that would prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the #habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to #log, #mine & build on #lands that #EndangeredSpecies need to thrive.

"#Habitat loss is the biggest single cause of #extinction & endangered species—it makes sense to address it,"Ctr for Biological Diversity govt affairs dir Brett Hartl said. He called efforts to deny that cause "callous & reckless."

#EndangeredSpecies' habitat at risk under #Trump proposal

The Trump admin is proposing to significantly limit the #EndangeredSpeciesAct's power to preserve crucial #habitats by changing the definition of one word: #harm.

#Law #Science #Wildlife #Conservation #Climate
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5366814/endangered-species-act-change-harm-trump-rule

Oh for fucks' sakes!! 😳🤬☠️
Can you leave SOMETHING alone?!
#environment
#nature
#endangeredspecies
#Trumpfascism

https://apnews.com/article/trump-endangered-species-act-habitat-protection-rule-a4c5663a5e49cc0325665edc338263b4

Good! Build it on #MackPoint, not #SearsIsland! Feds reject Maine’s request for $456 million to build proposed wind port at Sears Island

by Stephen Singer
October 22, 2024

"Rolf Olsen, vice president of the board of #FriendsOfSearsIsland, which manages a portion of the island set aside for #conservation, and an opponent of the Sears Island proposed site, said the federal decision 'would appear to be a significant financial blow' to develop the manufacturing facility.

"'We’re somewhat encouraged that the state’s port development grant application was turned down, especially since it only considered developing Sears Island and not Mack Point,' he said.

Source:
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/10/22/feds-reject-maines-456-million-request-to-build-wind-port-at-sears-island/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/ej9E4

#SaveSearsIsland #ProtectNature #Maine #WindTurbines #WindPort #Maine #PenobscotBay #ProtectSearsIsland #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheDunes #WindTerminal #SandDunes
#ProtectWahsumkik #EndangeredSpecies

Speaking of #Rewilding, some new signs went up at nearby #CaliforniaFields in Southern #Maine! Looks like the #MaineDepartmentOfInlandFisheries finally acknowledged that there are some #EndangeredSpecies there, and put the pressure on #BlueTriton / #PolandSprings / #BigWater -- who had planted a bunch of pine trees in the field (to hide the drilled wells that they claim are "springs"). But now they have to take them down and restore the grasslands! (And it's full of #Milkweed which the #MonarchButterflies love!)
#GrasshopperSparrow #UplandSandpiper #NorthernHarrier, #HornedLark, #Kestrel, #Meadowlark, #Bobolink

Madagascan locals pull together to save thousands of endangered tortoises http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/THYvTb #Madagascar #EndangeredSpecies #TortoiseConservation #Biodiversity #CycloneDikeledi

This is infuriating. A rare plant was removed from the US Endangered Species list despite 90% of its population occurring on one Washington golf course. The result was fairly predictable. The golf course mows it down, and we have a completely avoidable extinction risk of not only an important pollinator plant, but an Indigenous first food too.

#PNW #EndangeredSpecies #plants

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/31/bradshaws-lomatium-camas-golf-course/