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Listed Species Recovery Status Report Overview The Fish and Wildlife Service is com- prised of a headquarters operation in Washington, D.C., seven operational Regional Offices that provide geographic coverage of the United States and Trust Territories, and an eighth Regional Office (Research and Development), that deals with foreign species. A map outlining the Regional boundaries is attached. The Service's Washington Office maintains a database indicating lead Regions, by species, for listing (in- cluding candidate monitoring and as- sessment) and recovery. In most cases, a single Region functions as lead for all activities regarding a species. In exceptional circum- stances, leads for a given species may be divided among Regions so that, for example, one Region would have the lead for listing a species and an- other Region would have the lead for recovery, or regional populations would be treated separately (e.g. peregrine falcon, gray wolf), with leads assigned to more than one Region for the recovery effort. Recovery "entities" are addressed in this report. Though the gray wolf is listed as a single species, three sepa- rate recovery entities exist: Eastern timber wolf, Northern Rocky Mountain wolf, and Mexican gray wolf. Therefore, the gray wolf is counted as three populations, with three distinctly separate plans. The roseate tern is listed as both endan- gered and threatened in different parts of its range. The tern has a single recovery plan to address the species recovery needs, thus one species and one plan. The piping plover is listed as both endangered and threatened in different parts of its range, but yet has distinct recovery entities. The Interior/Great Lakes en- tity is both threatened and endangered in different areas, but is covered in one recovery plan. The Atlantic coast entity is threatened and covered by a separate plan. The plover is counted as two distinct enti- ties, with two plans. The brown peli- can is listed on the Pacific coast and in the Gulf area; therefore, two dis- tinct recovery entities result in it be- ing counted as two, with two plans. The bald eagle is listed as both endangered and threatened in differ- ent parts of its range. It does have five recovery plans, but the areas are sepa- rated geographically, not biologically. The bald eagle is counted as one, with one plan. The Species Status Report is divided into four major sections. Appendices presenting each section are explained below. The Lead Region is listed for each species. Coordination among Regions regard- 10