FWS and NMFS to Rescind ESA “Harm” Definition
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/04/25
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together, the Services) proposed rescinding the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Harming a listed species will still be a prohibited “take” under the ESA, which includes other activities that harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect a listed species. This proposal is in response to President Trump’s April 9 Executive Order, “Directing the Repeal of...
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