A federal court today ruled that federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by ignoring years of damage from illegal livestock grazing to rare desert stream habitat for imperiled fish and birds within the Agua Fria National Monument in Arizona.

A federal district court in California rejected four amendments to rules that require agencies to consult with federal biologists to understand how a

The new ruling could be a setback for the Trump administration, which is trying to loosen habitat protections.

The alterations came during President Donald Trump's first term, after he ordered a rollback of "unnecessary regulatory burdens."