Endangered Species Day May 18

Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates Endangered Species Day.  The Midwest is celebrating the successful recovery of the gray wolf, the bald eagle, and the Lake Erie watersnake. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Endangered Species Coalition are cosponsoring events throughout the country to help spread awareness of the rare and imperiled species. The Endangered Species Act is has been one of the major driving forces in the quest to stop extinction, today is a day to celebrate those successes.


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service News: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/News/release.cfm?rid=534U.S. Fish

Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/Endangered Species Day: http://www.stopextinction.org/esd.html