Endangered Species

In 1973, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act, recognizing that:

• various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation,
• other species of fish, wildlife and plants have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of or threatened with extinction, and
• these species of fish, wildlife, and plants are of esthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the United States and its people. The intended purpose of the Act is to provide a means by which the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend may be conserved and to provide a program for the conservation of those species.

Endangered Species Links:

• Alabama's Threatened and Endangered Species - Listed by County
• Alabama's Threatened and Endangered Species
• National Endangered Species Program
• Threatened and Endangered Species of Alabama: A Guide to Assist with Forestry Activities

Additional information about particular species:

• Alabama Beach Mouse
• Gulf Sturgeon
• Red Cockaded Woodpecker