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Peregrine Falcons May No Longer Be Endangered In Missouri

KSMU | By Associated Press
Published January 25, 2021 at 8:00 AM CST
The peregrine falcon is believed to be the fastest animal alive, with speeds topping 200 miles per hour in a dive. Historically, peregrines nested along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Gasconade rivers, according to the MDC.
MDC Staff
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Missouri Department of Conservation
The peregrine falcon is believed to be the fastest animal alive, with speeds topping 200 miles per hour in a dive. Historically, peregrines nested along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Gasconade rivers, according to the MDC.
The peregrine falcon is believed to be the fastest animal alive, with speeds topping 200 miles per hour in a dive. Historically, peregrines nested along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Gasconade rivers, according to the MDC.
Credit MDC Staff / Missouri Department of Conservation
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Missouri Department of Conservation
The peregrine falcon is believed to be the fastest animal alive, with speeds topping 200 miles per hour in a dive. Historically, peregrines nested along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Gasconade rivers, according to the MDC.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials are moving to remove peregrine falcons from the state’s endangered species list. The Missouri Conservation Commission gave initial approval Friday to the removal.

The plan, however, calls keeping the bird as a species of conservation concern.

Peregrine falcon populations plummeted nationwide during the 1940s through the 1960s due to the widespread use of pesticides such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in their food chain.

The Missouri Department of Conservation said in a news release that the birds were removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 but have remained on the state list.

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