AG Raoul joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general on Monday in opposing four proposed rules by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that would revise key regulations implementing the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. The proposed unlawful regulatory rollbacks would significantly weaken protections for a wide variety of critically imperiled species and habitats across the nation and would reinstate many of the same unlawful regulations adopted under the first Trump administration, which were challenged in court before being partially reversed by the Biden administration.   
 
“Once again, the Trump administration is attempting to undue all of the progress we have made over the past 50 years protecting species on the brink of extinction. I will continue to partner with my fellow attorneys general in urging this administration not to weaken the vital protections contained in the Endangered Species Act.” – AG Raoul