President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shift conservationists say effectively guts the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to ‘take’ an endangered speciesMore than 1,600 critically imperiled species protected under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) face losing further federal protections following a new reinterpretation of the 1973 law by the Donald Trump administration.A September 14 memo distributed to Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) field offices by FWS director Brian Nesvik calls for a reinterpretation of what it means to “take” an endangered spe... Key points and original sources are listed below.

• President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shift conservationists say effectively guts the Endangered Species Act (ESA).S1

• Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to ‘take’ an endangered speciesMore than 1,600 critically imperiled species protected under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) face losing further federal protections following a new reinterpret...S2

• In a recent memo, the US government would no longer consider the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful.S3