FILE - A firefighter monitors a firing operation while battling a wildfire called the Bench Fire in Warm Springs, Ore., July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
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FILE - A wildfire burns near near Ares, France, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool, File)
FILE - A firefighter battles a wildfire on the slopes above Simon's Town, South Africa, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Debris from wildfire damage is visible at Collins First Nation in northwestern Ontario, Canada, July 22, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
FILE - A volunteer uses a rake trying to help stop a wildfire from advancing in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
FILE - A firefighter watches as a helicopter drops water on the Summit Fire while battling wildfires in Llano, Calif., July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
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FILE - Actor Ethan Hawke, right, talks with Charles Gaines as they attend the Mi'kmaq community's water ceremony on the shores of Pomquet Harbour to support the aboriginal call for a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near Antigonish, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 26, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)
A decades-old interpretation of one of the nation's cornerstone environmental laws has been officially rolled back, narrowing how the federal government enforces certain protections for endangered wildlife.
Though the change does not amend the Endangered Species Act itself and only alters the interpretation of one word, conservationists on Delmarv…
Ocean City residents and visitors are invited to help clean local beaches during a series of volunteer events this May.