America's national bird is doing great. The government's proposed cuts to nature protections could put that at risk.

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A species listed as endangered gets the full suite of federal protections. It's illegal to kill, capture, harass or harm one. A threatened species doesn't automatically get the same protections.

Endangered species face a barrage of threats from human activities. We owe them a place to call home. Lisa H. Sideris is a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project and the University of California .

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, there are over 1,300 species listed as endangered or threatened to become extinct in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Passed in 1973, the Endangered Species Act offers a wide umbrella of protections, prohibiting people from actions that “harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect ...

Under a new rule, grizzly bears would be protected by the Endangered Species Act in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Trump signs megabill that slashes taxes and Medicaid into law.