Record low number of threatened species get new protections under Trump, zero in second term

By: Alex Baumhardt

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 1,050

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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President Donald Trump’s administration listed fewer vulnerable species for protection than any other presidential administration since Congress passed the Endangered Species Act.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Trump’s first term added 22 species to the 1,700-species list. So far in his second term, zero new species have made the list. That’s according to a database maintained by the nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity and an online database maintained by the …

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