Trump Admin Upended Protections for Endangered Species by Redefining 2 Words
“Unintentional harm is exactly what is driving many species towards extinction,” said one expert.

Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to ‘take’ an endangered speciesMore than 1,600 critically imperiled species protected under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) face losing further federal protections following a new reinterpretation of the 1973 law by the Donald Trump administration.A September 14 memo distributed to Fish…
“Unintentional harm is exactly what is driving many species towards extinction,” said one expert.
The Trump administration has further reduced protections for endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The law prohibits any “take” of endangered species, meaning to “harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect” any fish, wildlife or plants classified as threatened or endangered, also prohibiting the “attempt…