History of Threatened and Endangered Species on 
   National Forest System Lands


Year
Number of T&E
Species - NFS lands 
Number of 
T&E
Species – U.S.
1967
32
78
1968-69
32

1970
34

1971-72
42

1973-74
46
126
1975
47

1976
65

1977
68

1978-79
82

1980
94
281
1981
97

1982-83
99

1984
110

1985
124
384
1986
132

1987
148

1988
161

1989
175

1990
194
596
1991
213

1992
241

1993
260

1994
283

1995
298
962
1996
332

1997
342

1998
361

1999
366

2000
415
1,244
2001
417

2002-03
424

2004-06
425

2007
422
1,312
 
Number of T&E species at the end of the given fiscal year (Sept. 30, except for 2007) 
that occur on National Forest System lands, or are potentially affected by NFS management, 
and are listed as Threatened or Endangered, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act

Key dates:
1967 – U.S. Endangered Species Preservation Act 
1967 – First U.S. list of designated Threatened and Endangered Species 
1969 – U.S. Endangered Species Conservation Act
1973 – U.S. Endangered Species Act
1988 – Last reauthorization of the 1973 Endangered Species Act

FWS:					NOAA/F:
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