Trump-Era Revisions to Endangered Species Rules Tossed by Judge

The Trump administration’s changes to Endangered Species Act regulations no longer remain in effect as of Tuesday after a federal judge in California rejected the federal government’s request to keep them in place.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service told the US District Court for the Northern District of California that tossing the 2019 ESA rules would lead to confusion. But keeping them in place “will cause equal or greater confusion,” the court said, “given the flaws in the drafting and promulgation of those regulations.”

The agencies already announced their plan to review and revise ...