7619

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7619
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Program
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: Report to Congress.
• Copyright Material: NO

Introduction
The American bald eagle is making a
remarkable comeback, the American
alligator no longer requires
Endangered Species Act protection,
and the Aleutian Canada goose was
recently reclassified from endangered
to the less critical threatened category
because of dramatic population in-
creases over the years.
These are just a few of the recent and
highly publicized endangered species
success stories.
But lesser known are the hundreds of
endangered and threatened species of
plants, snails, butterflies, fish, and
other wildlife appearing on the pages
of the List of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
Some are benefitting greatly from
protection under the Endangered
Species Act while others are still
struggling.
This Report to Congress represents
the first comprehensive accounting of
the recovery progress for all 581
Federally listed endangered and
threatened species occurring in the
United States or Trust Territories as
of October 1, 1990. It contains sum-
maries of current and planned recov-
ery activities for federally protected
species under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Interior, from well
known species such as the California
condor to lesser known ones such as
the Appalachian monkeyface pearly
mussel. The report also contains in-
formation on the status of recovery
plan development, a state by state
breakdown of listed species, and
comparative charts illustrating the
recovery picture for different
taxonomic groups.
This report is a requirement of the
1988 amendments to the Endangered
Species Act and will be updated
every two years. The report does not
address species under the jurisdiction
of the U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service
(N1 FS). The recovery status of those
marine species is described in a sep-
arate NMFS recovery report.