Biden aims to restore species protections

A lesser prairie chicken near Laverne

The Biden administration said on Friday it is cancelling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered species, with a goal of strengthening a landmark law while addressing climate change.

A northern spotted owl flies in Oregon. Pic/AFP

The reviews by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service are aimed at five Endangered Species Act regulations finalised by the Trump administration, including critical habitat designations and rules defining the scope of federal actions on endangered species. The Fish and Wildlife Service also said it will reinstate the so-called "blanket rule," which mandates additional protections for species that are newly classified as threatened. Under former President Donald Trump, those protections were removed.

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