This year the Trump administration announced its goal to remove the teeth from the Endangered Species Act. It says that’s to remove hurdles for industries such as oil and gas, logging, fishing and commercial development. But the public is pushing back. Wyoming Wildlife Advocates Executive Director Kristin Combs says this and other threats line up a battle of commerce versus ecology, tightening pressure on Wyoming species from the charismatic grizzly bear to the elusive wolverine and humble Kendall Warm Springs dace. She tells co-host Frederick Reimers what her organization and others can do about it.
What’s next for the Endangered Species Act?
Kristin Combs breaks down how defanging the 50-year-old protection could play out in Wyoming.
