Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON More than 120 conservation groups urged Congress today to significantly increase the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget for endangered species conservation from $331 million to $841 million.
Restoration of the wood stork’s habitat, especially in the Florida Everglades and even at Orlando Wetlands Park, has led to a sharp increase in breeding pairs for a bird that was almost extinct in 1984.
The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials proposes removal