Endangered Species Program Publications

This page provides easy access to a variety of fact sheets, brochures, handbooks, and periodicals produced by the Endangered Species Program. Additional information about the Program can be obtained by following the subject area links at left.

Contents:
 General Information  Partnerships with States, Communities and Landowners  Our Listing Program  Our Consultations Program  Habitat Conservation Planning  Our Recovery Program  Posters with the Military  Expenditure Reports  Other Products

For web sites and fact sheets on endangered and threatened species, please see our species information page.

Additional information on our programs and projects is available under their specific pages.

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General Information

• Endangered Species Contacts (pdf)
• The Endangered Species Act (pdf)
• A history of the Endangered Species Act (html)
• ESA Basics, a brief summary of the Endangered Species Act (pdf)
• General information on endangered species (pdf)
• Permits for Native Species (pdf)
• Endangered Species Bulletin
• Teacher's Packet, To Help Teachers and Students Learn More About Endangered Species (pdf)
• What You Can Do to Help Wildlife and Plants (pdf)

Partnerships with States, Communities, and Landowners

• Partnerships with States, Tools for Helping Communities and Landowners Conserve Species Habitat (pdf)
• Safe Harbor Agreements for Private Property Owners, Questions and Answers (pdf)
• Our Endangered Species Program and How It Works with Landowners (pdf)

Our Listing Program

• Listing a Species as Threatened or Endangered, Section 4 of The Endangered Species Act (pdf)
• A flowchart of the petition process (pdf)
• The Endangered Species Act and Candidate Species (pdf)
• What are Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances for Private Property Owners (pdf)

Our Consultations Program

• Consultations with Federal Agencies Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (pdf)
• Endangered Species Act Consultation Handbook Procedures for Conducting Section 7 Consultations and Conferences

Habitat Conservation Planning

• HCP Overview (pdf)
• Habitat Conservation Plans and the Incidental Take Permitting Process (pdf)
• Habitat Conservation Plans, The Quiet Revolution (32 page brochure from 1998, in pdf)
• Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook
• Handbook Addendum, Questions and Answers (pdf)

Our Recovery Program

• Endangered Species Recovery, Frequently Asked Questions (pdf)
• Delisting or Downlisting a Species (factsheet and flow chart in pdf)
• Safe Harbor Agreements for Private Property Owners, Questions and Answers (pdf)
• The Road Back, Endangered Species Recovery, Success with Partners (brochure in pdf)
  Recovery Reports to Congress
  • 1996 Recovery Report to Congress on the Recovery Program for Threatened and Endangered Species (brochure in pdf)
  • Summary Report to Congress on the Recovery Program for Threatened and Endangered Species, 1998 and 2000 (brochure in pdf)
  • 2001-2002 Recovery Report to Congress (brochure in pdf)

Posters with the U.S. Military

• Freedom Soars, Defending Our Nation and Our Environment poster recognizing the military's contributions to the recovery of the bald eagle, produced in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense
  • front side
  • back side
• The Marines, We're Saving A Few Good Species posters

Expenditure Reports

Section 18 of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973 requires the Secretary of the Interior (working through the Fish and Wildlife Service) to annually report certain expenditures for the conservation of threatened and endangered species.

• 1996 Expenditure Report This report presents the reported expenditures for Fiscal Year 1996 (October 1995 - September 1996).
• 1997 Expenditure Report This report presents the reported expenditures for Fiscal Year 1997 (October 1996 - September 1997).
• 1998-2000 Expenditure Report This summary report presents the reported expenditures for Fiscal Years 1998 - 2000 (October 1997 - September 2000).

Other Products

• Endangered Means There's Still Time slide show

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This page updated January 17, 2003