IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - Attendees at an Endangered Species Act rally outside of the Department of the Interior on Thursday, Dec. 18th 2025, in Washington. The Center for Biological Diversity, Endangered Species Coalition, Sierra Club, American Bird Conservancy, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and Oceana organized the event to highlight the hundreds of thousands of public comments that have been submitted in opposition to weakening the Endangered Species Act. (Joy Asico/AP Content Services for Center for Biological Diversity) THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY AP CONTENT SERVICES FOR CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
