"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service settled federal litigation over the species’ plight. But the wood stork will lose its listing under the Endangered Species Act."
"The Trump administration has agreed to finalize protections under the Endangered Species Act for 11 South Florida plants and animals, settling federal litigation over their plight.
The agreement involves the Florida Keys mole skink, Rim Rock crowned snake and Key ring-necked snake. Also included in the settlement are eight rare plants, including three imperiled by the migrant detention facility Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed the litigation. The group was represented by the Jacobs Public Interest Law Clinic for Democracy and the Environment at Stetson University College of Law.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced separately that protections will end for the wood stork, one of 36 species the Trump administration has delisted under the Endangered Species Act. The wood stork, whose range now spans much of the Southeast, was listed in 1984 as endangered in large part because of habitat loss in South Florida."
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