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How redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act's ability to protect vital habitat

It wouldn't make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar…

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It wouldn't make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their habitat.

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How redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act's ability to protect vital habitat

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