MANY SPECIES NO LONGER ENDANGERED, BABBITT SAYS.Byline: Associated Press Declaring that the Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531 et seq.) was enacted to protect animal and plant species from extinction by preserving the ecosystems in which they survive and by providing programs for their conservation. works, the administration says more than two dozen birds, plants and animals Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal, comprised of guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque, and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woodley.[1] They are signed to Secret City Records. , including the bald eagle, are on their way to recovery and might be removed soon from the law's protection. The proposal announced Tuesday by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt marks the first time in the law's 25-year history that such a large number of species would be earmarked for removal from the endangered list, although it would be done over two years. Species proposed to be removed or downgraded from the Endangered Species Act list over the next two years: Animals/Birds American Peregrine falcon (North America) Bald Eagle (48 coterminous states) Aleutian Canada goose (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Canada) Columbia white-tailed deer (Washington, Oregon) Tinian monarch (Northern Marianas Islands) Guam broadbill (Guam) Mariana mallard (Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (märēä`nä), commonwealth associated with the United States (2005 est. pop. 80,400), c.185 sq mi (479 sq km), comprising 16 islands (6 inhabited) of the Marianas chain (all except Guam), in the W Pacific ) Hawaiian hawk (Hawaii) Brown pelican (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida) Gray timber wolf (Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin) Dismal Swamp Southeastern shrew (Virginia, North Carolina) Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish pup·fish n. pl. pupfish or pup·fish·es Any of various small killfishes of the genus Cyprinodon, inhabiting desert springs and streams of Mexico and the southwest United States. (Nevada) Tidewater goby (California) Oahu tree snails (Hawaii) Pahrump poolfish (Nevada) Virginia Northern flying squirrel (Virginia, West Virginia) Island night lizard (California) Plants Hoover's wooly-star (California) Truckee barberry barberry (bär`bĕr'ē), common name for the family Berberidaceae, and specifically for the spiny barberries (Berberis species). The family includes perennial herbs and shrubs found in the Northern Hemisphere. (California) Three Ash Meadows plant (Nevada) Eureka Valley plants (2) (California) Chamaesyce skottsbergii (variation kalaeloana) (Hawaii) Loch Lomond coyote-thistle (California) Lloyd's hedgehog cactus (New Mexico, Texas) Running buffalo clover (Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia) Virginia roundleaf birch (Virginia) Robbin's cinquefoil cinquefoil (sĭngk`foil) [O.Fr.,=five leaves], name for any plant of the widely distributed genus Potentilla of the family Rosaceae (rose family), chiefly herbs of north temperate and subarctic regions. (New Hampshire, Vermont) Heliotrope heliotrope (hē`lēətrōp') [Gr.,=sun-turning] or turnsole, name for any plant that turns to face the sun, especially members of the genus Heliotropium of the family Boraginaceae. milk-vetch (Utah) Missouri bladder-pod (Missouri) CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO A bald eagle peers over the heads of its siblings at the San Francisco Zoo. Eagles may be removed from the endangered list. Associated Press |
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