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President Theodore Roosevelt establishes the first National Wildlife Refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, to protect a variety of water birds
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Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 authorizes land acquisition to conserve “selected species of native fish and wildlife.”
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Ivory imports are banned in the United States to help reduce poaching of African elephants.
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U.S. Supreme Court confirms that the term “harm” includes destroying or modifying the habitat for an endangered or threatened species
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