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.
The birds were removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 due to intensive restoration efforts. But peregrines have remained on the Missouri state-endangered species list since.
The department also proposing a regulation change that would allow the limited capture of young migratory falcons for use in falconry.
The department is urging the public to weigh in the proposal before a final vote this summer. If approved, the regulation change will become effective Aug. 30.
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