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President Donald Trump shakes hands after signing the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) executive order, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**
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This October 2016 photo supplied by Simplot Plant Sciences shows Innate Gen. 2 potatoes surviving in a field infected with late blight disease at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. Federal officials said three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat. (Nico Champouret/Simplot Plant Sciences via AP)
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Construction crews dredge the river bed near Oroville Dam's crippled spillway Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. California water authorities stopped the flow of water down the spillway, Monday, allowing workers to begin clearing out massive debris that's blocking a hydroelectric plant from operating. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Construction crews dredge the river bed near Oroville Dam's crippled spillway Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. California water authorities stopped the flow of water down the spillway, Monday, allowing workers to begin clearing out massive debris that's blocking a hydroelectric plant from operating. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Construction crews clear rocks away from Oroville Dam's crippled spillway Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. California water authorities stopped the flow of water down the spillway, Monday, allowing workers to begin clearing out massive debris that's blocking a hydroelectric plant from operating. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Dancers perform in the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. Haiti's government spent some $3 million on this year’s Carnival celebrations, hoping to lure tourists and Haitians living abroad. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Fidelio Desbradel and his wife Leonor Desbradel, of the Dominican Republic, take a selfie in front of a Tulip Magnolia tree in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Crocuses are blooming in New York's Central Park, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A Canada Goose paddles past a painted turtle out of hibernation, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in New York's Central Park. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Visitors to Central Park's Conservatory Garden pass a flowering rhododendron, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in New York. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Tulip Magnolia trees bloom in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Daffodils bloom in New York's Central Park, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Volunteer John Walsh from northeast Philadelphia rakes debris at Mount Carmel Cemetery Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Philadelphia. Scores of volunteers are helping in an organized effort to clean up and restore the Jewish cemetery where vandals damaged hundreds of headstones.(AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Flowers rest on a damaged headstone at Mount Carmel Cemetery Feb. 28, 2017 in Philadelphia. Scores of volunteers are expected to help in an organized effort to clean up and restore the Jewish cemetery where vandals damaged hundreds of headstones. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Damaged headstones are seen through a hole in a fence surrounding Mount Carmel Cemetery Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Philadelphia. Scores of volunteers are expected to help in an organized effort to clean up and restore the Jewish cemetery where vandals damaged hundreds of headstones. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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A visitor looks at damaged headstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Philadelphia. Scores of volunteers are expected to help in an organized effort to clean up and restore the Jewish cemetery where vandals damaged hundreds of headstones. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Firefighters sort through the debris after a deadly crash involving a tour bus on State Route 58 near Kramer, Calif., Monday Feb. 27, 2017. A tour bus crossed into oncoming traffic and hit two cars head-on, in a deadly crash that injured over a dozen, according to the California Highway Patrol. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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Miami Hurricanes guard Bruce Brown reacts after a play during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Coral Gables, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (David Santiago /El Nuevo Herald via AP)
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An injured person lies on a stretcher on the top of a float as she is being rescued during the performing of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school for the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring several people, according to doctors at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
