Tag: harm

When is a take not a take? Yet another attack on Endangered Species by the Trump Administration

Posted on By Ali Gaster
Conservation, Policy, Science

“Felling a tree is not a take of the bats roosting in it unless the tree is felled for the purpose of killing or capturing them.” This is the example used by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik in a September 14, 2026 memo directing Service personnel to adopt a radically narrower interpretation … Read More “When is a take not a take? Yet another attack on Endangered Species by the Trump Administration” »

First, do no harm.  

Posted on By Ali Gaster
Conservation, Policy, Science

How the Trump Administration has yet again hobbled the Endangered Species Act. The Trump administration has officially finalized a rule stripping habitat destruction from the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In a joint announcement by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce, officials rolled back a 40-year conservation … Read More “First, do no harm.  “ »