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- U.S. District Judge David Counts approved a settlement that ends Endangered Species Act protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard.
- The Trump administration said the 2024 Biden-era habitat assessment was potentially inaccurate, prompting the Fish and Wildlife Service, under President Donald Trump, to call the listing a serious error.
- The settlement directs the Fish and Wildlife Service to reevaluate the lizard’s status over the next two years.
