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US proposes removing wood stork from endangered species list

FILE - A wood stork calls out from treetop on Oct. 29, 2019, near Fort Myers, Fla. The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, proposed removing the wading bird from the endangered species list. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) FILE - A flock of wood storks mingles with egrets as they stand in a retention pond along a road in Atlantic Beach, Fla., just before the Intracoastal Bridge on Aug. 12, 2015. The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, proposed removing the wading bird from the endangered species list. (Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union via AP, File)
US proposes removing wood stork from endangered species list