Bulldozers sent by Trump have begun tearing up Big Bend National Park to build a border wall through the protected public land. The Trump administration waived dozens of environmental laws to permit the construction.

The Trump administration is cutting down ancient cottonwood trees to construct a border wall, destroying a key habitat for migratory birds.

The Trump administration has announced plans to sell waters surrounding American Samoa for deep-sea mining, right in the habitat of the endangered hawksbill sea turtle. This comes less two weeks after the Trump administration legalized the destruction of endangered species' habitats.

The Trump administration has legalized the hunting and killing of over 20 threatened species formerly protected under the Endangered Species Act: — Northwestern Pond Turtle — Southwestern pond turtle — Kern Canyon slender salamander — Brawleys Fork crayfish — Greater sage-grouse — Pecos pupfish — Monarch butterfly — Southern hognose snake — Green floater — Clear Lake Hitch — Alligator snapping turtle — Coal darter — Bethany Beach firefly — Florida Keys mole skink — Louisiana Pigtoe — Miami Cave crayfish — Santa Ana speckled dace — Western spadefoot — Short-tailed snake — California Spotted Owl — Florida Manatee

The Trump administration has legalized the killing of endangered species formerly protected under the Endangered Species Act.