Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference

Worldwide concern over vanishing species prompted a World Wildlife Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 12 - March 2, 1973 which resulted in a Convention of lnternational Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Enactment of the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1973 by Congress places all endangered species native to United States under jurisdiction of the Federal Government. The California Endangered Species Conservation and California Species Preservation Act enacted by the California Legislature in 1970 has resulted in a listing of 49 California animals declared rare or endangered. Efforts to protect and enhance threatened species are being directed to determine the current status of these animals and seeking stewardship over the habitat critical to their survival. Identity of problems and development of solutions to remove these animals to a nonendangered status is of immediate necessity. Such can be accomplished through a program of interagency cooperation.