Saving Appalachia’s salamanders amid the shifting definition of habitat destruction

Hellbender underwater in a stream in Virginia (Credit: Jordy Groffen/Virginia Tech)

A pair of salamanders native to Virginia are up for federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

But the Trump administration is aiming to redefine how habitat destruction factors into those protections.

Dave Cantor has more on the Eastern Hellbender and the Yellow-spotted woodland salamander.

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