<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align: justify;">J</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">ay O’Laughlin presented "Endangered Species Act: Conservation Implications of Recent Changes" at the League of Women Voters of Moscow (LWV-Moscow) forum on Wednesday (Oct. 16) in the Arts Workshop of the 1912 Center, Moscow. </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3">On Aug. 12, the Trump administration finalized changes in rules for implementing several aspects of the Endangered Species Act, a law designed to identify, protect, and recover animal and plant species imperiled with extinction. The presentation will provide an overview of ESA purpose, mechanisms, and implementation issues; describe how recent changes modify ESA implementation regulations; and to encourage lively discussion, review the reactions of conservation organizations and other ESA commentators to these changes. <o:p></o:p></font></p><font face="Arial" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 23.75px;">O'Laughlin is emeritus professor and director of the Policy Analysis Group at the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources. During the 25 years he was full-time director of the Policy Analysis Group at the UI, he oversaw preparation of ESA reports on wolf, grizzly bear, salmon, bighorn sheep, and sage-grouse conservation in Idaho, as well as on ESA processes. Since retiring in 2014, he co-authored a textbook on natural resource policy, including an ESA primer and ESA case illustrations.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">Photos and videos f this presentation are accessible at:</p><div><br></div><div><b>“Endangered Species Act: Conservation Implications of Recent Changes”</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/Endangered_Species_101619/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/Endangered_Species_101619/</a></div><br>Photos and videos of previous LWV-Moscow forums are accessible at:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/</a></div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>