"Lawmakers Remove GOP Endangered Species Policies From Defense Bill"

"Congress’s annual defense bill won’t include proposed polices that would restrict Endangered Species Act protections for certain animals.

Lawmakers negotiating between House and Senate defense authorization bills decided not to include any of the endangered species provisions the House had put in its version of the legislation in the final version of the bill.

The House wanted to block potential endangered species protections for the greater sage grouse and the lesser prairie chicken for 10 years, and to permanently block protections for the American burying beetle."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill July 23, 2018.