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California Condor - Gymnogyps californianus.Hawaiian Duck (or Koloa) - Anas wyvilliana.Tule White-Fronted Goose - Anser albifrons gambelli.Aleutian Canada Goose - Branta canadensis leucopareia.Hawaiian Goose (Nene) - Branta sandvicensis.Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel - Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis.Black Toad, Inyo County Toad - Bufo exsul.Texas Blind Salamander - Typhlomolge rathbuni.Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum.Quick LinksĪMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISHES MAMMALS REPTILES Amphibians

The goal, as stated in the 1966 Act, was to "conserve, protect, restore, and propagate certain species of native fish and wildlife." It was under the 1966 Endangered Species Preservation Act that the very first list of threatened and endangered species was created. Two years after the Redbook list was published, Congress passed the Endangered Species Protection Act of 1966-the first piece of comprehensive endangered species legislation. The Redbook on Rare and Endangered Fish and Wildlife of the United States, published in 1964, served as the first official document listing species the federal government considered to be in danger of extinction. The Lacey Act prohibited interstate commerce of animals killed illegally and required the secretary of agriculture to preserve, introduce, distribute, and restore wild bird and game bird.Īs public awareness of environmental problems initiated political activism in the 1960s, the Department of Interior formed a Committee on Rare and Endangered Wildlife Species to identify species in immediate danger of extinction. Federal protection of endangered species dates back to the Lacey Act of 1900, when Congress passed the first wildlife law in response to growing public concern over the decline of the passenger pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius).