Posted on Apr 17, 2025
Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
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The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm.
On Wednesday, the administration proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive.
On Wednesday, the administration proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive.
Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
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Funny how the red cockaded woodpecker lives only in Area J training reservation, but not in the neighborhoods surrounding Bragg -- NOT funny haha, funny cray cray
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Anyone who ever trained at Bragg knows about them! Not too hard to see what happened though: humans came and built housing, cutting down trees and making noise, etc. so the birds sought refuge in nearby mostly undisturbed forests - i.e. including training areas. The government ordered states, businesses, etc. to take steps to protect certain species, and the Army... well, followed orders!
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Good news -- as of 25 Nov 24, the RCW has moved from endangered to threatened -- WooHoo {sarc}
https://home.army.mil/bragg/about/garrison/directorate-public-works/environmental-division/endangered-species-branch
Good news -- as of 25 Nov 24, the RCW has moved from endangered to threatened -- WooHoo {sarc}
https://home.army.mil/bragg/about/garrison/directorate-public-works/environmental-division/endangered-species-branch
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I still stand by an old bumper sticker:
EARTH FIRST!
We can f**k-up the rest of the planets later.
EARTH FIRST!
We can f**k-up the rest of the planets later.
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About "If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive." That includes federal lands no doubt. Supposedly the old homestead law still on the books from the 1800s (last I knew) allows foreign mining enterprises on federal land - then they take off without doing remediation after toxic mining practices (that shows up in three headed fish downstream, etc. not to mention the entire habitat trees, brush, other critters . . . anything that lives in the area ) I think most mining enterprises do the same actually, however U.S. business are likely subject to being accountable for toxic violations (which in some cases nearly takes an act of congress for enforcement).
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