US Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries 1315 East-West Highway, 14th Floor Silver Spring, MD 20910 19 December 2025 Subject: Conservation Groups Oppose Rules which would Weaken Endangered Species Act Attn: Docket Nos. FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0029, FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0039, FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0044, FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0048 On behalf of
SELC Urges Withdrawal of Harmful ESA Rollbacks That Threaten Southern Biodiversity
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of a coalition of 45 conservation organizations across the Southeast, submits detailed comments opposing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s and National Marine Fisheries Service’s November 2025 proposed rollbacks to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations, arguing that they would revive discredited 2019 Trump-era rules, undermine decades of