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ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY AND THE SCB STUDY: A U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Crouse Deborah T.,
Mehrhoff Loyal A.,
Parkin Mary J.,
Elam Diane R.,
Chen Linus Y.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
ecological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.864
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-5582
pISSN - 1051-0761
DOI - 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0719:esrats]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - endangered species , threatened species , wildlife , environmental resource management , agency (philosophy) , environmental planning , ecology , business , biology , habitat , geography , environmental science , sociology , social science
As agency biologists with more than 30 years of collective recovery experience, we provide our perspective on the endangered species recovery planning process and the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) recovery planning study. As part of the continuum from listing through recovery planning and implementation to species recovery and delisting, we believe that clearly written, well‐designed recovery plans can play a key role in organizing and focusing the recovery effort for endangered and threatened species. We outline major opportunities, constraints, and limitations of the recovery planning process. Next we discuss some of the major results and recommendations of the SCB recovery plan study and identify 10 action items for further U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consideration as possible ways to strengthen our recovery program for endangered and threatened species.