The administration announced on Aug. 15th that it would try to do away with one of the most important checks and balances of the Endangered Species Act, that of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s consultation on government actions that may harm endangered species. Environmental groups and editorial boards around the country have been calling these proposes changes ill-advised, sneaky and underhanded and ultimately harmful to protecting our most imperiled wildlife. Here’s the full Denver Post editorial on the propose changes to the Endangered Species Act, Center for Native Ecosystem’s fact sheet on these changes and excerpts from editorial pages the country.
