Endangered Species Act Content / Endangered Species Act Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en How Redefining One Word Strips the Endangered Species Act’s Ability to Protect Vital Habitat /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