Interior Secretary Kempthorne to Make Major Announcement on Status of Bald Eagle
What: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is expected to announce that the U.S. national symbol, the American bald eagle, is flying off the Endangered Species List on Thursday, June 28, thanks in large part to a U.S. ban on the toxic pesticide DDT in 1972, the first campaign launched by the national non-profit group Environmental Defense Fund, now known as Environmental Defense (see www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/244_Where%20It%20All%20Began.htm ).
When: Thursday, June 28, 2007
10:00 a.m. EDT news conference for DC-based reporters
1:30 p.m. EDT teleconference for non-DC-based reporters
Where: Jefferson Memorial,
In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the Department of the Interior,
For reporters unable to attend the event in
Notes to media attending
Reporter Drop off and Satellite Vans: The drop off for reporters is on
Parking for all other media-related vehicles: Available at parking Lots “A,” “B,” or “C,” accessible from
Why: The American bald eagle was first declared endangered in 1967, but after four decades of hard work by scientists, citizens, and government agencies, the species is making a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction. In 1963, there were only less than 500 nesting pairs of bald eagles left in the lower 48 Unites States; today, there are almost 10,000 (see state-by-state statistics at
www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/population/nos_state_tbl.html ).
Who: Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior
Matt Hogan, Executive Director, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Jim Lyon, Senior Vice President for Conservation, National Wildlife Federation
Michael Bean, Chairman, Wildlife Program, Environmental Defense –
Bean is a wildlife attorney who has led Environmental Defense’s wildlife team since 1977. Nationally recognized as an expert on incentive-based endangered species conservation and the Endangered Species Act, in 1995 he played a lead role in creating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
Contact: Sharyn Stein, sstein@environmentaldefense.org , 202-460-6512–c
Colin Rowan, crowan@rowcom.com , 512-799-6400
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