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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Fisheries (also known as the National Marine Fisheries Service) are the two agencies charged with the administration and implementation of the Endangered Species Act. The goal of the Endangered Species Act is the recovery of listed species to levels where protection under the Act is no longer necessary.
Our Recovery Program
- What is species recovery? How does our Recovery Program work? And other frequently asked questions. [fact sheet in PDF]
- Why, when and how are species removed from the list? This fact sheet includes a flowchart of the process. [PDF]
- Endangered Species Bulletin, Progress in Restoring Listed Species, May/June 2000
- The Road Back, Endangered Species Recovery, Success with Partners [brochure in PDF]
- Endangered Species Act-related Policies and Guidance
- Tools Available to States, Communities and Landowners
- Endangered Species Grants to States, Communities and Landowners
- Recovering Species
on American Indian Tribal Lands, American Indian Tribal Rights,
Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species
Act
- Recovery Reports To Congress
- 1996 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)
- FY 2001-2002 Recovery Report to Congress (brochure inPDF)
- Recovery Plans available
Recovery plans that have been revised or finalized since 1989 are available electronically. Within the reports, if you click on a specific plan name, it will open the PDF version of the recovery plan. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader© program to view the PDF version, but you must have either Acrobat Reader version 4.0, 5.1 or 6.0 to view these files. [Versions 5.0 and 5.0.5 or Adobe's Acrobat Reader have difficulty opening some of the older PDF files.]
Note: If you click on a specific species' name within the reports, you will view the Species Profile for that species. Each species profile includes information on the status of the species such as where it is listed, special rules, critical habitat, Federal Register announcements and notices, Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP), National Wildlife Refuges, and other details that apply to the specific species.
- List of Recovery Plans, sorted by species
- List of Recovery Plans, sorted by date (with the most recently completed plans first)
- Recovered Species
- Would you like to know which species have been removed from the list? And why? Check out our report, Species that have been delisted.
- If you would like to know how species are removed from the list, check out our factsheet that includes a flowchart of the process.
Federal Register Notices
All announcements of proposed and final delisting decisions, draft and final recovery plans, and other program information are published in the Federal Register. To read Federal Register and other .pdf files such as recovery plans, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader© .
Recovery in your Area
You can also learn about our activities in your area by going through our regional pages:
- Pacific Region: CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, HI and the Pacific Islands
- Southwest Region: AZ, NM, OK and TX
- Great Lakes, Big Rivers Region: IL, IN, IA, MI, MO, MN, OH and WI
- Southeast Region: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN and Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands
- Northeast Region: CT, DE, ME, MD, MS, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA and WV
- Mountain-Prairie Region: CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, SD, UT and WY
- Alaska Region
For more information ...
For more information about our efforts to recover endangered and threatened species, please contact the Endangered Species' Recovery Program at your Regional Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or contact:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Branch of Recovery, Delisting, and State Grants
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420
Arlington, VA 22203
703-358-2061
Updated: September 9, 2004
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