
<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp8ba0fbfyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html</a></div><div><span style="font-family: FBKisDisplay; font-size: 44px;">Supreme Court limits Endangered Species Act: Habitat must contain endangered species</span></div></div><div><span><div class="ydpdb019c97wrapper ydpdb019c97clearfix ydpdb019c97full ydpdb019c97pb-feature ydpdb019c97pb-layout-item ydpdb019c97pb-f-article-header" data-pb-name="Article Header" data-pb-curated="curated" id="ydpdb019c97f0rQlIFF0ptu9r"><div class="ydpdb019c97card"><div class="ydpdb019c97card-footer ydpdb019c97flex-container-row ydpdb019c97flex-mobile-column ydpdb019c97align-items-center" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 12px 24px;"><div class="ydpdb019c97byline-container ydpdb019c97flex-container-row ydpdb019c97align-items-center" style="padding-right: 8px;"><div class="ydpdb019c97hidden-mobile ydpdb019c97spaced ydpdb019c97spaced-right ydpdb019c97spaced-sm" style="margin-right: 8px;"></div><div class="ydpdb019c97byline-timestamp-container ydpdb019c97flex-container-row ydpdb019c97flex-tablet-column ydpdb019c97flex-mobile-column ydpdb019c97align-items-center"><div class="ydpdb019c97byline-wrapper" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="ydpdb019c97byline ydpdb019c97byline-article" style="font-family: Benton Bold; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px;">By <a class="ydpdb019c97uppercase" href="https://www.latimes.com/la-bio-david-savage-staff.html#nt=byline" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: uppercase;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="ydpdb019c97uppercase">DAVID G. SAVAGE</span></a></span></div><span class="ydpdb019c97spaced ydpdb019c97spaced-right ydpdb019c97spaced-md ydpdb019c97hidden-mobile" style="margin-right: 16px;"></span><div class="ydpdb019c97timestamp-wrapper ydpdb019c97flex-container-row ydpdb019c97align-items-center ydpdb019c97flex-mobile-column" style="line-height: normal;"><div><span class="ydpdb019c97timestamp ydpdb019c97timestamp-article" style="font-family: Benton Medium; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;">NOV 27, 2018 </span><span class="ydpdb019c97timestamp ydpdb019c97spaced ydpdb019c97spaced-sm ydpdb019c97spaced-left ydpdb019c97spaced-right ydpdb019c97hidden-tablet" style="font-family: Benton Medium; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;">|</span> <span class="ydpdb019c97timestamp ydpdb019c97timestamp-article ydpdb019c97hidden-tablet" style="font-family: Benton Medium; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;">7:35 AM </span></div><div><span class="ydpdb019c97timestamp ydpdb019c97spaced ydpdb019c97spaced-sm ydpdb019c97spaced-left ydpdb019c97spaced-right ydpdb019c97hidden-mobile" style="font-family: Benton Medium; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;">|</span> <span class="ydpdb019c97timestamp" style="font-family: Benton Medium; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;">WASHINGTON</span></div></div></div></div><span class="ydpdb019c97sharebar ydpdb019c97align-right ydpdb019c97flex" style="text-align: right;"><button class="ydpdb019c97button ydpdb019c97button-icon ydpdb019c97button-icon-hover-accent" data-arctrack="socialShareTwtr" data-referrer="" style="margin: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; line-height: 40px; font-family: Benton Bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 40px; min-height: 40px;"><span class="ydpdb019c97fa ydpdb019c97fa-twitter ydpdb019c97button-icon-inset-accent" style="display: inline-block; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 32px; font-family: FontAwesome; width: 32px; color: rgb(255, 104, 89); min-height: 32px;"></span></button> <button class="ydpdb019c97button ydpdb019c97button-icon ydpdb019c97button-icon-hover-accent" data-arctrack="socialShareFb" data-referrer="" data-href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html" style="margin: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; line-height: 40px; font-family: Benton Bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top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G. Roberts Jr. said the “critical habitat” of an endangered species “must also be a habitat” now.</p></div></div><div data-type="text" class="ydpdb019c97card ydpdb019c97collection-item" style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="ydpdb019c97card-content" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; padding: 24px 24px 0px;"><p style="line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">The ruling is a victory for Weyerhaeuser and other development companies that challenged the broad habitat protections imposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.</p></div></div><div class="ydpdb019c97desktop-nativo ydpdb019c97mobile-yieldmo ydpdb019c97inline-ad" data-inline-ad-count="2" style="margin: 16px 0px 22px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="ydpdb019c97hidden-mobile"><div class="ydpdb019c97wrapper ydpdb019c97clearfix ydpdb019c97full ydpdb019c97pb-feature ydpdb019c97pb-layout-item ydpdb019c97pb-f-ads-nativo" data-pb-name="Nativo Ad" data-pb-curated="curated" id="ydpdb019c97f0GfZM1KdskCar" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="ydpdb019c97hidden-mobile"><div id="ydpdb019c9716422" data-nativo-id-desktop="1081114" class="ydpdb019c97desktop-nativo-ad ydpdb019c97trb_ar_nt"></div></div></div></span></div><div data-type="interstitial_link" class="ydpdb019c97card ydpdb019c97collection-item" style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="ydpdb019c97Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></span></div></div></body></html>