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On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across the Country Denounce Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat

The decision to rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could enable extractive industries to destroy or modify the habitat of imperiled plants and animals — the places they need to feed, shelter, raise their young — even if it results in their death or injury.

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September 14, 2026 No Comments
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Endangered Species Act

Bipartisan Former Wildlife Agency Leaders Defend Longstanding Endangered Species Act “Harm” Definition

Seven former leaders of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries have sent a letter to Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the administration to withdraw its recent rollback of the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm.”
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September 10, 2026 No Comments

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The conclusion remains: the Lower Snake River Dams have to be breached.

This is a guest post from Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, (NPtE) President, Elliott L. Moffett

I am the President of Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment (NPtE). I along with Julian Matthews are the co-founders of NPtE. We got our start principally during the rolling blockade of Megaloads traversing the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in North Central Idaho. Megaloads are pieces of equipment too large for ordinary traffic and must receive special attention to travel over highways because of their size. Tribal members, members of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee (NPTEC), and the public objected to the megaloads going to Canada to the tar sands, and we objected to the callousness of the owners and transport company who subject dangerous extractive industries onto vulnerable communities, and we objected to the lack of consultation when the Reservation Community may have been impacted and the impact to the environment. The Reservation Community wants environmentally sound practices as more fitting of Community values. Read more…

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September 3, 2020 No Comments

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