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Endangered Species
<br />Recovery
<br />Appropriations
<br />Funding authorizations by Congress
<br />to support the Service's recovery pro-
<br />gram have increased since the 1988
<br />amendments. Funds appropriated for
<br />fiscal years 1989 and 1990 along
<br />with designated Full-Time Equivalent
<br />(FI'E) positions for recovery efforts
<br />are shown below.
<br />Fiscal Year (FY) 1989-
<br />$ 8,408,000/71 FTE's
<br />Fiscal Year (FY) 1990-
<br />$10,608,000/85 FTE's
<br />The totals represent the combination
<br />of both the President's recommended
<br />budget and the additional appropria-
<br />tion agreed upon by the Congress.
<br />During the appropriations bill resolu-
<br />tion, specific recovery activities were
<br />directed by the Congress within the
<br />additional amount provided (through
<br />the House Report, Senate Report,
<br />and/or Conference Report), affecting
<br />the Service's flexibility in recovery
<br />priority application. Congressional
<br />Directives identified for FY 89 and
<br />FY 90 are as follows:
<br />Fiscal Year 1989
<br />$80,000 Enhance griz-
<br />zly bear activities
<br />$100,000 Red wolf cap-
<br />tive breeding program at
<br />the Point Defiance Zoo
<br />and Aquarium, Tacoma,
<br />Washington
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<br />$2,000,000 For high pri- c`.
<br />ority species, including: red, eastern timber, and
<br />northern Rocky A Fish and
<br />Mountain wolves, the for release
<br />Aleutian Canada goose,
<br />the Puerto Rican parrot, the peregrine
<br />falcon, the Mount Graham red squir-
<br />rel, the Bmneau Hot Springs snail,
<br />the Hawaiian forest birds, the south-
<br />ern sea otter, the whooping crane, the
<br />black-footed ferret, the Florida pan-
<br />ther, the grizzly bear, the Attwater's
<br />prairie chicken, various sea turtles,
<br />and the manatee.
<br />$300,000 Support to the Peregrine
<br />Fund, Inc. and survey and monitoring
<br />of the St. Anthony's dunes tiger
<br />beetle.
<br />Wildlife Service biologist prepares a red wolf
<br />into Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
<br />Fiscal Year 1990
<br />$124,000 Increase above the 1989
<br />level for the Upper Colorado River
<br />Basin plan.
<br />$1,500,000 Restoration of the pro-
<br />posed reductions for activities related
<br />to specific species.
<br />$250,000 Red wolf recovery activi-
<br />ties.
<br />$400,000 Bruneau Hot Springs snail.
<br />$300,000 Peregrine falcon recovery
<br />under the auspices of The Peregrine
<br />Fund, Inc.
<br />$750,000 High priority species re-
<br />covery, including: manatee, sea tur-
<br />tles, and Hawaiian birds.
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<br />Fish and Wildlife Service biologists are engaging in recovery activities for the endan-
<br />gered Malheur wire-lettuce in Oregon.
<br />$800,000 Spotted owl recovery.
<br />Non-specific Includes grizzly bear
<br />and wolf recovery activities.
<br />Recent audits by the Office of the
<br />Inspector General, U.S. Department
<br />of the Interior, identified the potential
<br />recovery costs for currently listed
<br />species to be approximately $4.6 bil-
<br />lion dollars (includes private, Federal,
<br />and State costs required for endan-
<br />gered species recovery actions).
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