Peregrine falcon removed from the US endangered species list
1999 CE • USA
"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have determined that the American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) is no longer an endangered or threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act)."
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior, "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To Remove the American Peregrine Falcon From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, and To Remove the Similarity of Appearance Provision for Free-Flying Peregrines in the Conterminous United States," Federal Register 64, no. 164 (August 25, 1999): 46542.
Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters via Flickr, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
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