In Runup to Election Day, Federal Agencies Announce Array of Deregulatory Moves
The Trump administration on Thursday continued with a string of deregulatory decisions over the past week as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would "delist" gray wolfs from the Endangered Species Act, turning authority over to states to manage gray wolf populations.
With the presidential election next Tuesday, federal agencies this week have released several rules supported by farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses such as chemical companies, and the logging industry. Cabinet members traveled to swing states such as Minnesota, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina to make their announcements.
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt traveled to a wildlife refuge near Bloomington, Minnesota, on Thursday to announce the decision on the gray wolf, removing it from the Endangered Species Act list in the lower 48 states after 45 years. (Wolves are not found in Hawaii, and they were never considered endangered in Alaska). State and tribal natural resource and wildlife agencies will now oversee gray wolfs and potentially open them up to hunting and trapping.
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With the presidential election next Tuesday, federal agencies this week have released several rules supported by farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses such as chemical companies, and the logging industry. Cabinet members traveled to swing states such as Minnesota, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina to make their announcements.
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt traveled to a wildlife refuge near Bloomington, Minnesota, on Thursday to announce the decision on the gray wolf, removing it from the Endangered Species Act list in the lower 48 states after 45 years. (Wolves are not found in Hawaii, and they were never considered endangered in Alaska). State and tribal natural resource and wildlife agencies will now oversee gray wolfs and potentially open them up to hunting and trapping.
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