Paul Calle (American, 1928 - 2010) and Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "1990s - Recovering Species" Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Signed lower right.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 33c Recovering Species stamp issued May 2, 2000.
When the Endangered Species Act was passed by Congress in 1973, it obligated government to protect all animal and plant life in danger of extinction. This included any species categorized as "threatened," meaning "likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range." The decade of the 1990S saw clear evidence that the Endangered Species Act was a success. The Interior Department announced several species of animals, fish, reptiles, birds and plants that had experienced enough significant recovery to be seriously considered for removal from the endangered list. Some of the species were downgraded from "endangered" to "threatened," and others removed from the law's protection altogether -- although individual states could still regulate them. Some species were to be removed from the list in certain parts of the country, but kept on elsewhere. The recovering species included plants like truckee barberry, Loch Lomond coyote-thistle, Lloyd's hedgehog cactus and running buffalo clover. Animals and birds removed from the list or downgraded included the peregrine falcon, bald eagle, brown pelican, gray wolf, Aleutian Canada goose and Columbia white-tailed deer.
Image Size: 14.25 x 10.25 in.
Overall Size: 20 x 14.5 in.
Unframed.
(B16831 / B16832)
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