Download OBJECTIVES:

OBJECTIVES:
• Define recovery and explain how it fits
within the other provisions of the Act.
• Describe the historical development of
recovery.
• Compare and contrast the recovery
workload responsibilities for different
regions.
DEFINITION OF RECOVERY
The process by which the decline of an
endangered or threatened species is
arrested or reversed, and the threats
to its survival are neutralized, so that
its long term survival in nature can be
ensured.
THE GOAL OF RECOVERY
The goal of the recovery program is to
restore listed species to a point where
they are secure, self-sustaining
components of their ecosystem so as to
allow delisting.
OBJECTIVES OF THE
RECOVERY PROGRAM
• Identify those ecosystems and organisms
facing the highest degree of threat.
• Determine tasks necessary to reduce or
eliminate threats.
• Apply resources to the highest priority
recovery tasks.
• Reclassify and/or delist species.
ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
Habitat Conservation
(1120)
Endangered Species
(1110)
Consultation (1112) Recovery (1113)
Environmental Contaminants
(1113)
Permits (1114)
Listing (1111)
MILESTONES
IN
RECOVERY
(1964 to Present)
CONTEXT OF RECOVERY
Survival
vs.
Recovery
Recovery
vs.
Conservation
Recovery
within
the ESA
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Earmarks
Capability funding
Workload-based funding
STATUS OF RECOVERY
Your perspective is based on 3 factors…
SPECIES
MONEY
PERSONNEL
WORKLOAD-BASED FUNDING
• Species per lead region are weighted…
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Plant, insect, crustacean, snail = 1
Vertebrate or bivalve = 2
Occurs in only one state or territory = 1
Occurs in more than one state, territory or
country = 2
WORKLOAD-BASED FUNDING
• Planning dollars are allocated as follows…
– 100% for species listed in the last 3 FYs
– 50% for species listed in the 4th FY
– 0% for species listed 5 FYs or earlier
• Implementation dollars are allocated based
on the number of listed species for which a
region has the lead.