Practically speaking I agree, but it's a step backwards in that it's the direct consequence of legislation to remove extant environmental/habitat protections that were put in place by state/federal management agencies. This is not really dissimilar to legislatures in certain states that legislate policies that override hunting/fishing agencies recommendations due to public sentiment (NJ bear hunt ban or the bill in Wisconsin legislature trying to increase quotas for wolf harvest).

Conservation, habitat and environmental protection should, by nature, be managed on longer scales than what election driven and political legislatures are capable of.