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 ...

Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. The Trump administration is proposing to change the definition of “harm” under the regulation of the Endangered Species Act. For decades ...

The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the ...

Green 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 ...

Last week, agencies at the Departments of Interior and Commerce proposed rule changes that could have far-reaching consequences, essentially upending longstanding and court-upheld interpretations of ...