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Owl habitat protections among Trump-era environmental cuts struck down under Biden
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/nation-world/owl-habitat-cuts-trump-administration-faulty-science/507-e2e6b468-edcf-40ca-9a33-40aa24a52fa1The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service struck down a Trump-era rule that would've opened millions of acres of forest in Oregon, Washington and California to logging.
Political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials said Tuesday as they struck down a rule that would have opened millions of acres of forest in Oregon, Washington and California to potential logging.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed a decision made five days before Trump left office to drastically shrink so-called critical habitat for the spotted owl. The small, reclusive bird has been in decline for decades as old-growth forests disappear.
Government biologists objected to the changes under Trump and warned they would put the spotted owl on a path to extinction, documents show.
More at link. Ty, Mr. President!
Now, how about solid protection for Wolves???