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How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

  • Written by Mariah Meek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitatGreen sea turtles, like this hatchling in Florida, are endangered due in part to habitat destruction and fishing nets.Keenan Adams/USFWS

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their...

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