“The Endangered Species Act has been very successful,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in an Associated Press interview. “And I believe very strongly that…
The act is “well-intentioned but entirely outdated … twisted and morphed by radical litigants,” said Bruce Westerman, an Arkansas Republican and chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
“Its population has dropped 90% in a very short period of time,” he said. “If that doesn’t make you go on the endangered species list, what’s going to?” Rappaport Clark, who headed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under President Bill Clinton, said there were enough GOP moderates then to help Democrats thwart sweeping changes sought by hardline congressional Republicans.Former President Donald Trump’s administration ended blanket protection for animals newly deemed threatened. It let federal authorities consider economic costs of protecting species.
“Science is supposed to be the fundamental principle of managing endangered species,” said Mike Leahy, a senior director of the National Wildlife Federation. “It’s getting increasingly overruled by politics.” But species typically need at least a half-century to recover and most haven’t been listed that long, said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director with the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group. Hundreds more await consideration.
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