FILE - In this Feb. 2021, file photo released by California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a protected gray wolf (OR-93), seen near Yosemite, Calif., shared by the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Biden on Thursday finalized rules for protecting imperiled species that reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened the Endangered Species Act. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File)
FILE - This photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, from a remote camera set by biologist Chris Stermer, shows a wolverine on Feb. 27, 2016, in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, Calif., a rare sighting of the predator in the state. Wolverines recently received federal protection as a threatened species. The Biden administration on Thursday, March 28, 2024, restored a rule that gives blanket protections to threatened species. (Chris Stermer/California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File)
FILE - A male alligator snapping turtle is held after being trapped by the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, as part of the process of tagging turtles. The species is among dozens under consideration for federal protections. The Biden administration on Thursday, March 28, 2024, restored a rule that gives blanket protections to species considered threatened with extinction. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
FILE - In this May 8, 2003, file photo, a Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)