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How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

  • Written by: Mariah Meek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
imageGreen 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 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...

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