Environment
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 Endangered Species Act rules defining Critical Habitat and Critical Habitat Exclusions;
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Government did
Match: Strong AlignmentThe final rule revises how the Fish and Wildlife Service evaluates exclusions from critical-habitat designations under section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act.
Why this match
The rule restores a more structured critical-habitat exclusion process aligned with the cited Project 2025 proposal, but it applies only to the Fish and Wildlife Service and does not complete every ESA recommendation.
A future administration may revise or repeal the regulation through notice-and-comment rulemaking; Congress may amend the ESA and courts may review the rule.
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