Federal Change to Endangered Species Act Could Affect Vermont’s Vulnerable Wildlife

Federal change to Endangered Species Act could affect Vermont’s vulnerable wildlife

On July 10, President Donald Trump’s administration finalized a rule change that alters the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, loosening protections for endangered species and making them more vulnerable to habitat loss and extinction.

Restoring Sanity to the Endangered Species Act

The FWS and NMFS were never meant to have this sweeping authority to regulate private lands, as they did with the rescinded harm definition.