The Defenders of Wildlife published an analysis in 2011 of attempts to weaken the Endangered Species Act by Republicans. The proposals include the following: (1) end protection of gray wolves; (2) end attempts at recovery of Mexican wolves; (3) ease rules protecting for the endangered Delta smelt, Chinook salmon, steelhead and green sturgeon in California’s Bay-Delta region; (4) make it so that bluefin tuna cannot be treated as endangered or threatened species; (5) prohibit the USFWS from protecting “sand dune lizards” and “Lesser prairie chickens.” While none of these measures succeeded during the Obama Administration, these and similar measures are likely to be a high priority for the Trump Administration. Read the full report at
http://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/publications/assault_on_wildlife_the_endangered_species_act_under_attack.pdf
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