Revise Endangered Species Act rules

Project 2025 recommends restoring 2020-era critical-habitat rules. A 2026 final Fish and Wildlife Service rule revises the section 4(b)(2) critical-habitat exclusion process.

Project 2025 said

The new Administration should reinstate the Trump Administration's 2020 critical habitat rule and habitat exclusion rule.

Chapter: 16 · Department of the Interior
Author: William Perry Pendley
Department: U.S. Department of the Interior
Printed page: 524
PDF page: 556
Preview published: August 16, 2026

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