This 2009 article reported on an effort by Scottish non-profit Trees For Life to restore a small section of forest. Virtually the entire nation of Scotland was denuded of trees centuries ago to build English cities and ships.
REVITALIZATION readers familiar with the outcome of this project are invited use the Comments section below to share their insights.
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Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton announced that the brown pelican, a species once decimated by the pesticide DDT, has recovered and is being removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
The brown pelican was first declared endangered in 1970. Since then, thanks to a ban on DDT and efforts by states, conservation organizations, private citizens and many other partners, the bird has recovered.
There are now more than 650,000 brown pelicans found across Florida and the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, as well as in the Caribbean and Latin America.
The pelican’s recovery is largely due to the federal ban on the general use of the pesticide DDT in 1972.
Photo by Storm Cunningham.