WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Department officials on Wednesday announced that they were taking the brown pelican off the endangered species list, after a nearly four-decade struggle to keep the population afloat.
The bird is now prevalent across Florida, the Gulf and Pacific coasts and the Caribbean.
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Government says brown pelicans are no longer endangered
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2009
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