Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

The Biden administration has restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes announced Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. The blanket protections regulation was dropped in 2019 as part of a suite of changes to the application of the species law under Trump. Those changes came as extinctions accelerate globally due to habitat loss and other pressures. Energy companies, ranchers, farmers and many Republicans have long viewed the 1973 law as an impediment to development.

Related Keywords

Arkansas ,United States ,California ,American ,Jonathan Wood ,Jamie Rappaport Clark ,Donald Trump ,Joe Biden ,Bruce Westerman ,Richard Nixon ,Martha Williams ,Gina Shultz ,National Marine Fisheries Service ,Associated Press ,House Natural Resources Committee ,Wildlife Service Deputy ,Wildlife Service ,President Donald ,North American ,Rocky Mountains ,Endangered Species Act ,Wildlife Service Deputy Assistant Director Gina ,Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams ,Democratic President Joe Biden ,Rappaport Clark ,Species Act ,Migratory Bird Treaty Act ,West Coast ,President Richard Nixon ,