Butterflies to Be First Insects on U.S. Endangered List
Title
Butterflies to Be First Insects on U.S. Endangered List
Description
Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in December of 1973. At first the list mainly only included charismatic megafauna, such the blue whale, tiger, and gray wolf, but in 1975 forty species of butterflies became the first insects to be included.
Creator
Bayard Webster
Publisher
The New York Times
Date
1975-03-21
Files
Citation
Bayard Webster, “Butterflies to Be First Insects on U.S. Endangered List,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed May 25, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/132.