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On the recordOctober 9, 2018
If the Federal role under the Endangered Species Act is diminished, how are States going to protect critical habitat for conservation if many do not have the authority under their own States to do so in the first place?
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Gillibrand questions the impact of reducing federal authority on state conservation efforts.

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