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As Biden seeks a turn on environment, Trump rules to linger

by Matthew BrownJohn Flesher
| January 30, 2021 12:03 AM

Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations took a hit under former President Donald Trump, whose administration made it harder to prosecute industry-caused deaths — such as the 2019 destruction of a sprawling Virginia seabird nesting ground — and chipped away protections for endangered species.

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