The Biden administration restores some endangered species protections removed by Donald Trump. Environmental associations, however, regretted that certain changes made in 2019 by the Republican president were left intact.
The measures taken concern the Endangered Species Act, a law from the early 1970s, which has become a benchmark for environmental protection. “Species face formidable new challenges, including climate change, fragmented and degraded habitats, invasive species and disease,” Martha Williams, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said.