Swan View Coalition has joined a lawsuit opposing the Trump administration's attempt to repeal protection of threatened and endangered species habitat! Repealing the Endangered Species Act regulatory definition of “harm” to listed species would allow their habitats to be destroyed without causing the species any unlawful “harm.”
The move is illegal, in part because harming species through habitat destruction is prohibited by the ESA's statutory language. The regulatory definition repealed by the administration has been on the books for 50 years.
“Roads built for logging and other human access destroy grizzly bear habitat and the bear's ability to safely use its habitat,” said Keith Hammer, Swan View Coalition Chair. “Repealing the harm rule allows industry to devastate the habitat grizzly bears and many other wildlife species depend on for their survival.”
Swan View and other groups are being represented by Earthjustice. You can read their full press release here and their Court Complaint here.
You can find the administration's final rule on the regulation change here.
You can read Earthjustice's 2025 comments on behalf of 66 groups against the proposed rule here.
You can read the Washington State Standard's news article about the lawsuit here.
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