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KPN

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8. This presidency is a disaster. While I do

Reply to Wwcd (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 12:17 PM

Apr 2018

think there's some room to better reflect socio-economic effects of ESA designations and species recovery plans, a carte Blanche change to a fundamental rule like this one is nothing more than an intentional undermining of the basic purpose of the ESA.

This will get widely challenged in the courts I am sure.

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"Trump administration just issued a death sentence to nearly 300 threatened species" [View all] Wwcd Apr 2018 OP

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Oops -- i posted this reply to wrong comment. KPN Apr 2018 #7

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Support wildlife, natural resource conservation KPN Apr 2018 #9

This presidency is a disaster. While I do KPN Apr 2018 #8