The Trump administration has reduced the staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by 20% and is also cutting its budget.

Oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico is currently at an all-time high.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed 20% of the Rice's whale population.

The Trump administration's new rules for the Endangered Species Act are scheduled to be finalized in September, which is expected to prompt new litigation.

The Trump administration invoked national security to issue stop-work orders on five offshore wind farms on the U.S. East Coast, but courts rejected this rationale in all five cases.

The recent convening of the Endangered Species Committee was the first time a national security rationale has been invoked to seek an exemption from the act.