/ Karrigan Bork Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /climate/blog/how-redefining-one-word-strips-endangered-species-acts-ability-protect-vital-habitat <div><p>It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a <a href="https://www.fws.gov/species/red-cockaded-woodpecker-dryobates-borealis">threatened woodpecker</a> while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/sacramento-river-winter-run-chinook-salmon">endangered salmon</a> while allowing a dam to dry out their habitat.</p></div> July 22, 2026 - 11:01am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/how-redefining-one-word-strips-endangered-species-acts-ability-protect-vital-habitat /climate/blog/how-one-word-could-strip-endangered-species-act A rule change proposed by the Trump administration could green-light the destruction of protected species' habitats and gut the Endangered Species Act, write an ecologist and law professor. May 13, 2025 - 12:31pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/how-one-word-could-strip-endangered-species-act /climate/news/karrigan-bork-awarded-morrison-prize-solution-water-rights 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Law Professor Karrigan Börk's paper proposing a water rights solution won the Morrison Prize, which recognizes the most impactful sustainability-related legal paper in North America. March 26, 2024 - 9:17pm Malia N Reiss /climate/news/karrigan-bork-awarded-morrison-prize-solution-water-rights