The definition of "habitat" was a point of contention during a legal battle over protections for the dusky gopher frog. John Tupy/Fish and Wildlife Service ...

As it is now written, the ESA includes a definition of “critical habitat,” which area areas designated by the wildlife agencies to aid in threatened or endangered species conservation.

Now, critical habitat can include areas where a protected species doesn’t live but could find hospitable. The Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries today rescinded a Trump-era definition ...

Trump made the change to the definition of habitat in December 2020. That administration had a penchant for ignoring the plight of endangered animals in favor of private industry, especially oil ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has defined “harm” to include “significant habitat modification or degradation.” Habitat destruction is the primary cause of extinction, so the federal definition of ...

The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals _ potentially excluding areas that species could use in the future ...

Environment; US officials seek limits on the definition of ‘habitat’ for imperiled species. Published: Jul. 31, 2020, 11:05 a.m. Jul. 31, 2020, 11:05 a.m.

The Biden administration is throwing out the definition of “habitat” for endangered animals, returning to an understanding that existed before the government under President Donald Trump ...