As endangered species protections falter, national parks take on newfound importance

What is 'harm'? How new federal interpretations could affect Louisiana's endangered animals.

The Trump administration says the changes align more closely with the original Endangered Species Act, but environmental advocates say they put some of Louisiana’s rarest animals in jeopardy like whooping cranes.

As endangered species protections falter, national parks take on newfound importance

There’s a network of invisible lines dividing America’s wild places. These boundaries cut through trees and across mountains, crisscrossing deserts and swamps alike, with wildlife paying them no mind. But when this line is the boundary of a national park, crossing it can increasingly mean the difference between life and death. As the Trump administration rolls back longstanding habitat protections in the Endangered Species Act (ESA), land manage…