Audubonmagazine.org: Oil spill may undermine brown pelican recovery
Brown Pelican
Photo credit: Audubonmagazine.org
Photo credit: Audubonmagazine.org
In a widely celebrated conservation victory, the Interior Department removed the brown pelican from the Endangered Species List in November. Now, the oil spill gushing millions of gallons of crude in the Gulf of Mexico might undermine its recovery.
The bird was first listed in 1970 after it was nearly wiped out by the pesticide DDT. Since then, a DDT ban and conservation efforts from individuals all the way up to states have helped the species recover. Today, more than 600,000 brown pelicans are found across Florida and the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, as well as in the Caribbean and Latin America. Brown pelicans are also a regular summer visitor to New Jersey.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 5/27/2010 10:00 AM 
Categories: Birds
Tags: gulf oil spill brown pelican gulf of mexico ddt endangered species list
Categories: Birds
Tags: gulf oil spill brown pelican gulf of mexico ddt endangered species list
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