12 Mar, 2008
Secretary Kempthorne Announces Proposal to Remove the Brown Pelican from the Endangered Species List
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BATON ROUGE, La - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today celebrated the brown pelicans remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction by formally proposing to remove the remaining protected populations of the bird along the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and in the Caribbean, and Central and South America from protection under the Endangered Species Act. Kempthorne announced the proposal at the Louisiana Governors Mansion in Baton Rouge during a joint appearance with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
