G.O.P. Pushes to Overhaul Law Meant to Protect At-Risk Species

They've already gutted the Migratory Bird Treaty Act [1], declaring that it now only prohibits acts whose intent is to kill covered migratory birds.

For example, if you intentionally destroyed a habitat that you knew was full of nesting birds covered under the treaty, knowingly killing them all, because you wanted the land cleared in order to build a building, that would be OK because the intent of the act was to prepare the site for building, not to kill birds.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20...