Environmentalists of the Trump administration say that due to logging, excavation, development and other activities, the steps that will lead to the extinction of critically endangered species are planned to eliminate habitat protection for threat species.
The issue contains a long definition of “damage” in the endangered species law, including the habitat of that species to be changed or destroyed. Noah Greenwald, director of the endangered species of the biological diversity, says Habitat is the largest cause of the destruction of destruction.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service issued on Wednesday said in a proposed rule that habitat change should not be considered as a loss because it is not intentionally targeting a species called “Tech”. Environmentalists argue that the definition of “accepting” has always included the verbs that damage the species and the definition of “damage” has been kept by the Supreme Court.
Greenwald says the proposed rule “cuts the heart from the law of endangered species”. “If (you) say that the damage does not mean a significant habitat or change, but it really goes out of endangered species in winter” “
For example, he said that both the stained owl and Florida Panther are protected because the current rules prohibit habitat destruction. However, if the new rule is adopted, anyone who logs into a forest or develops development until they can say that they do not want to harm an endangered species, he said.
The proposed rule was expected to be published in the federal register on Thursday, starting the 30 -day public comment time.
A spokesman for the US Fish and Wildlife Service mentioned the Associated Press to the Internal Department, which refused to comment.
If the environmental groups are accepted, the court will challenge the rule, an attorney of Earth Justice Drew Caputo says.
He said that this proposal threatens to protect and recover endangered species, including Bald Ag Gols, Gray Wolves, Florida Manatis and Hampback whales “. He said that this is because the current rule is “a species that recognizes the concept of common sense that destroying a forest, beaches, rivers or wetlands that depend on the survival.”
The question is whether the Trump administration is entitled to abolish a rule that was especially under the Supreme Court, and therefore, the Emeritus Professor of the Vermont Act and Graduate School, Patrick Parentu, who operated the cases of endangered species.
He said that because of the current definition of loss, “many, many million acres of land has been preserved to help save the species”, he said.
According to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, this is the matter of Hawaii’s special concern, which is more endangered than any other state – 5% of the federal -listed threats and endangered species of the country – though it contains less than 5% of the land field.
The birds are among the most vulnerable. Since the arrival of the people, 711 birds have disappeared, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources in the state. Thirty of the remaining local birds under the US endangered species Act has been listed, the department said the department said that in ten decades were not seen.
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Hawaii Associated Press Reporter Audrey McAvoy contributed to this report.
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