Endangered Species Need Your Voice: Protect the Endangered Species Act | Turtle Island Restoration Network

When it comes to saving from extinction species in danger of disappearing from the face of the earth, the first thing that specialists, biologists, states or organizations that work with these species try to do is to reduce the threats that led these animals to that critical situation: sometimes it is the loss of habitats (as happens with forests and grasslands for example), sometimes it is by poaching, another is by overexploitation as an econo…

WGF Opposes Proposed Rule Change to the Endangered Species Act • Wisconsin’s Green Fire

This proposed rule change addresses the definition of "harm." Put simply, the change would narrow the meaning of harm, weakening the ESA's protections for habitat conservation. WGF prepared a comment letter for the Federal Register...

Endangered Species Need Your Voice: Protect the Endangered Species Act | Turtle Island Restoration Network

The Trump administration is pushing a quiet but devastating change to the Endangered Species Act — and it hinges on just one word. For decades, the law has protected endangered animals from harm through the concept of “take,” which includes damaging their habitats — a vital safeguard, since destroying where animals live is one of the most direct ways to threaten their survival. Now, a proposed change would remove habitat destruction from that d…