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Environmental

Jun. 6, 2014

Updated definitions would redefine "critical habitat"

Last month, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed two new rules and a policy related to "critical habitats." By Elizabeth A. Lake


By Elizabeth A. Lake


Last month, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed two new rules and a policy related to the services' process of protecting and designating "critical habitat" for species protected under to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Together, the proposed rules and draft policy guidance would radically change the regulatory definition and significance of "critical habitat," resul...

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