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Defining harm: Proposed rule changes to the Endangered Species Act

A northern long-eared bat, an endangered species in Arkansas.
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A northern long-eared bat, an endangered species in Arkansas.

Congress established the Endangered Species Act in 1973. The law has changed occasionally over the past five decades, and the Trump Administration proposed further changes last month. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis contacted Terri Lane, director of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, to learn more about conservation, how different parties work together to protect endangered species and how this proposed change would affect their outcomes.

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