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The Trump administration is delaying listing this bumblebee as officially endangered

• Last month, the rusty patched bumblebee became the very first species of bees in the continental U.S. to be officially marked as “endangered” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• According to the Associated Press, the new designation was scheduled to go into effect on Friday, until the Trump administration delayed the move one day before.
• The federal government announced the delay, which is in
  compliance with an order signed by Trump in January.
• The regulation that
  would add the rusty patched bumblebee to the endangered species list,
  guaranteeing it federal protection, will be postponed until March 21.
• According to the White House this will allow time for “reviewing
  questions of fact, law and policy they raise.” Read more (2/9/17 3:06 PM)

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