Defenders of Wildlife filed 2 comments on this docket between Sep 3, 2020 and Sep 4, 2020. 52 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1688d ago.
September 4, 2020 Dear U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service: Please accept the following 14,698 comments in opposition to the proposed rule published on August 5, 2020 entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat (FWS-HQ-ES- 2020-0047). Sincerely, Defenders of Wildlife
Please see attached for the full comments of Defenders of Wildlife. Although the Endangered Species Act is rightly credited with helping to recover or stabilize many species on the brink, biodiversity remains in crisis. Now, climate change threatens to undermine much of the progress we have made in protecting species and habitats in the United States and around the world. With so much habitat already lost or degraded, species recovery increasingly requires designating as critical habitat areas that need restoration as well as areas we can reasonably anticipate will be required for species in the foreseeable future. Successful conservation in this challenging era requires expanding, not contracting, the tools we have to conserve wildlife and the habitats on which they depend. Critical habitat is a historically underutilized conservation tool that, properly implemented, could yield significant benefits for species. If the Services proceed with this rulemaking, they must adopt a definition of habitat that is consistent with legal and ecological principles and will meet the evolving needs of America's wildlife. The definition we propose provides maximum flexibility to account for species needs. We urge the Service to consider it.
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