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US Fish and Wildlife Service Historic News Releases - DDT**
June 17, 1945	Controlled study on effects of DDT undertaken at Patuxent Refuge
August 10, 1945	Study on the Use of DDT in Fish Processing Houses Under Way
August 22, 1945	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reports DDT is Capable of Considerable Damage to Wildlife, Beneficial Insects, and Indirectly to Crops.
May 18, 1946	New Publication Announcement - DDT: It's Effects on Fish and Wildlife.
January 10, 1947	Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1946.
March 28, 1949	Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1948.
June 9, 1958	Interior Follows Up On "Drown the Mosquito--Save the Duck Marsh" Plan.
June 21, 1959	Department of Interior Endorses Enlarged Research Program on Effects of Pesticides on Wildlife.
[1962. Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is published]
November 10, 1962	Assistant Secretary of the Interior Address Before the Meeting of the Audubon Society (mentions Rachel Carson).
May 22, 1963	Secretary Udall Testifies on Pesticide Problems, Warning of Environmental Hazards.
August 12, 1963	Announcement: New Wildlife-Pesticide Report Released by Interior Department.
February 4, 1964	Announcement: Results of Pesticide-Wildlife Studies Reported in Interior Department's Annual Report.
April 8, 1964	Udall Cites Pesticide Danger.
September 4, 1964	Stringent Rules Ordered in Using Pesticides on Interior - Administered.
November 15, 1964	High Percentage of North American Bald Eagles Carry DDT, Interior Department Study Reveals.
February 11, 1965	DDT Found in Penguins and Seals from Antarctica.
May 27, 1965	Pesticides and Man: Remarks by John A. Carver, Jr. Under Secretary of the Interior.
September 7, 1965	Mere Trace of Pesticide Kills Aquatic Life, Interior Department Study Finds.
February 3, 1966	Pesticide Residues Found in Animals Throughout World.
January 11, 1970	Pesticide Residues Found in Mallard and Black Duck Wings and Starlings.
June 18, 1970	Secretary Hickel Bans Use of 16 Pesticides on any Interior Lands or Programs.
[July 9, 1970 - President Nixon Establishes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).]
October 8, 1970	Woodcock Pesticide Samples Being Taken in Maine.
November 19, 1970	What a Wonderful -- but Endangered -- Bird is the Pelican.
[December 2, 1970 - EPA Opens Doors.]
December 6, 1970	News Brief from the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife: Chalk Up Another Victim for DDT.
December 14, 1970	Hunter Safety Programs (includes discussion of sparrow hawk and DDT)
August 22, 1971	Good News for Dove Hunters: The Fish and Wildlife Service is finding low levels of DDT .
June 27, 1972	Secretary of the Interior Address Before the Outdoor Writers of America.
DDT Ban Takes Effect Federal Register EPA press release - December 31, 1972
November 1, 1973	Reproductive Failure in Peregrine Falcons Increases.
September 30, 1975	Brown Pelican Decline Puzzles Experts.
October 27, 1975	Herons May Forecast Environmental Change.
March 20, 1976	Remarks of Secretary of the Interior Before National Wildlife Federation's Annual Conference.
March 22, 1976	Top 10 Fish and Wildlife Stories Told in Annual Report.
March 17, 1977	Polar Bears Being Studied Like Never Before.
June 20, 1979	Peregrine Falcons for the Nation's Capitol.
July 11, 1979	Endangered Peregrine's Flight Honors Rachel Carson, 17 Years After "Silent Spring".
August 15, 1980	Nation's Most Endangered Species May Become Extinct Within Four Years.
December 31, 1981	Good News About Wildlife in 1981.
March 8, 1982	Ten Years Later: Bird Populations Rise as DDT Declines in the Environment.
April 1, 1983	Proposed "Threatened" Status Reflects Improvement for Arctic Peregrine Falcons; Other Rule Changes Proposed for Peregrines.
November 10, 1983	Brown Pelicans Has Recovered in Eastern States, May Be Removed from Endangered Species List.
March 2, 1984	Fish and Wildlife Service has released results of-a study on levels of pesticides (DDT and DDE) in fish and wildlife from the Rio Grande and Pecos River drainages in Texas and New Mexico.
April 6, 1984	Arctic Peregrine Falcon Reclassified to "Threatened;" Other Protections for Peregrine Extended.
February 5, 1985	Brown Pelicans Removed from Endangered Species List in Southeastern States.
February 11, 1988	Red Wolf Returns, but Last Dusty Seaside Sparrow Dies in 1987.
February 2, 1990	Bald Eagle Numbers Show Dramatic Growth: Nation's Symbol Eyed for Reclassification Under the Endangered Species Act.
October 8, 1993	Arctic Peregrine Falcon Makes a Comeback: Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Removing From Endangered Species List
June 3, 1994	Bald Eagle Returning From Near Extinction; Celebrated as "Hope" Takes Flight.
October 4, 1994	Saved from Near Extinction, Arctic Peregrine Falcons are Removed From Endangered Species List.
July 12, 1995	Bald Eagle Soars Again! Population Increases Shift National Symbol To Less Critical Status.
May 9, 1996	Endangered Species Act Successes Recounted as Adjunct to International Migratory Bird Day.
August 12, 1998	The Peregrine Falcon is Back! Babbitt Announces Proposal to Remove World's Fastest Bird From Endangered Species List.
** We have attempted to make available every historic news release that refers to DDT. However, we do no guarantee that this list is all inclusive.

Last Updated: April 25, 2007