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conservation of the species and which may require special management <br />• considerations or protection. <br />- The Secretary shall designate critical habitat "...on the basis of <br />the best scientific and commercial data available and after <br />taking into consideration the economic impacts..." <br />- Requires National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). <br />• The Secretary shall develop and implement Recovery Plans that: <br />- describe site - specific management actions necessary to achieve <br />the plans goal (recovery); <br />- objective, measurable criteria which when met, would result in <br />recovery and removal from the list; and <br />- estimates of time and costs to achieve the plan's goals. <br />- Recovery plans are not static documents, they are designed to <br />change as new information is made available. <br />• Who does all this? <br />- The Secretary of Interior, through the US Fish and Wildlife <br />Service, is responsible for all inland species (i.e. grizzly bears and <br />bull trout). <br />- The Secretary of Commerce, through the National Marine Fishery <br />Service, is responsible for all 'marine' species (i.e. Snake River <br />sockeye and chinook salmon). <br />Section 6. Cooperation with the States. <br />• This section directs and allows the Service to cooperate to the <br />maximum extent practicable with the States and includes the authority <br />to provide funds (within annual appropriated levels) to the State fish <br />and wildlife agency for: <br />- development of conservation programs for T &E species; <br />- monitoring programs for candidate species; and /or <br />- recovery activities. <br />- § 6 funding has not kept pace with the development of and need <br />for State programs for T &E species. Funding is allocated on the <br />basic of the number of listed and candidate species. <br />Section 7. Interagency Consultation. This section of the ESA <br />• <br />3 <br />