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Vivid magenta roses - think they’re called Knock Out Roses; I see why that could be
The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what environmentalists characterized as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century. It did so by recasting a single word, “harm.” For more than 50 years, the federal government has used a broader definition of harm to animals under the Endangered Species Act, a bedrock environmental law. It included any significant “modification or degradation” of habitat that kills or injures animals by impairing their ability to eat, shelter or breed. The Supreme Court upheld this interpretation in 1995, ruling against property owners who argued that harm should only mean directly killing or injuring an endangered animal. But on Friday, the Interior Department and the Commerce Department announced a final rule that rescinded this longstanding interpretation. Under the rule, destroying an endangered species’ nest or habitat would no longer be considered illegal. The change could open the door for fossil fuel companies, agricultural interests, land developers and others to disturb or even destroy the habitats of vulnerable species. Many species are already running out of places to live, and the new rule is likely to add extreme pressure, experts said. Earthjustice, an environmental law firm, said it planned to challenge the final rule in court. Kristen Boyles, an attorney with the firm, said the change appeared to violate the plain text of the Endangered Species Act as well as the 1995 Supreme Court decision
Lavender passion flower with its squiggles
cascading white star shaped blossoms of a dogwood kousa dogwood
A wild bergamot flower that looks like a foreword or cascading fountain
Volunteer old stone wall peach tree leafed out. A survivor to be sure.
Old stone wall with bright green rye grass - years ago a peach rolled over the wall and grew. my old buddy
Green yellow spiky moss with drops of rain clinging and a few leaves
ruins of fort morgan - bright green grass in foreground - steps to scramble up to another field of green - and then to top
Shrimp boat docked on bon secour river. nets and gulls
Epiphyllum oxypetalum fruit. teardrop ripening in bright pink w bright green still at top
Sunset of pink cotton candy streaks through a tracery window made by leaflets on trees
This peach tree growing from the base is old stone wall 1920s after a peach rolled down from an orchard been my friend for 20 yrs. the pic is of shriveled yet still velvet peaches
A gaze into a sunlit bottom clear Shades Creek, AL