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posted by martyb on Tuesday July 31 2018, @07:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the honesty-is-becoming-endangered,-too dept.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries announced their proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, ostensibly "to ensure clarity and consistency." They are asking for comments from the public by September 24. Comments can be made by mail or over a JavaScript-based Web site. All comments will be published on the Web site.

Here are alternate pages where the proposed rules may be read. These do not require JavaScript.

Business Insider; the Roseburg, Oregon News-Review (archive link for EU readers); Mother Nature Network; and Idaho Stateman have articles on the topic.

In related news, CBS News notes that "while the White House can act on its own, those changes could always be undone by future administrations" while reporting that members of Congress have prepared several bills which would revise the Endangered Species Act.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @05:20AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @05:20AM (#715536)

    Logging, obviously, and anything else that would disturb the endangered species.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @01:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @01:55PM (#715659)

    If logging is the only use for the land we can identify, then it would be rational to clear cut the remaining land and run a tree farm. Why would they not want to pursue that?