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<br />POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING AND COORDINATING <br />RECOVERY OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />These "Policy and Guidelines for Planning and Coordinating Recovery of <br />Endangered and Threatened Species," dated May 1990, revise and supersede <br />previous guidance on recovery planning. Changes are in response to: (1) <br />the 1988 Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, (2) the General <br />Accounting Office's December 1988 report, "Endangered Species Management: <br />Improvements Could Enhance Recovery Program," and (3) the desire of the <br />Service to make the gUidance more useful and consistent with current policy. <br /> <br />Section I discusses major changes in recovery activities required by the <br />Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1988. Section II reflects the <br />Amendments in its discussion of the preparation and processing of Recovery <br />Pl ans. Section II I i ncl udes a di scuss i on of new report i ng systems for <br />tracking expenditures and species status trends, which will set the stage <br />for the Service to maintain centralized databases. Service guidance on <br />Recovery Plan preparation puts new emphasis on developing: (1) measurable <br />criteria for recovery goals and (2) recovery tasks for which implementation <br />can be readily tracked. Recovery Plans are expected to more specifically <br />state what the Service is trying to accomplish through recovery, more <br />precisely describe the on-the-ground work involved in implementing the <br />Recovery Plan, and provide estimates of the time and costs needed to achieve <br />recovery. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />'" <br /> <br />OS/25/90 <br />