[PCA] NEWS: 50 Conservation Groups Ask Obama Admin to Strengthen Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/03/10-0

Fifty Conservation Groups Ask Obama Administration to Strengthen Habitat 
Protections for Endangered Species

WASHINGTON - March 10 - Fifty prominent conservation organizations sent a 
letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Secretary of Commerce Gary 
Locke today asking them to strengthen protections for the nation's 
endangered species. Under the Endangered Species Act, federal agencies are 
prohibited from adversely modifying designated critical habitat of any 
endangered species. The groups are asking for a more specific regulatory 
definition of "adverse modification" in order to halt projects that 
destroy habitat.

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