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<br />'.-~ <br /> <br />iii <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />The Whooping Crane Recovery Plan was prepared under the authority of the Endangered <br />SpeCies Act of 1973, as amended. Decision makers are provided with an orderly set of <br />events which, if carried to successful completion, will change the status of this species <br />from the endangered to the threatened level. The Plan compiles management and research <br />efforts that are underway and proposes .additional efforts needed to assure the recovery of <br />the whooping crane. Funding levels and time schedules are estimated, and priorities set for <br />each management and research effort. <br /> <br />This revision of the Whooping Crane Recovery Plan describes only those recovery actions <br />and costs required for the birds and habitat within the boundaries of the United States. <br />Recovery actions are carefully coordinated with the Canadian whooping crane recovery <br />team, Recovery actions to be undertaken in Canada are described in the Canadian <br />Whooping Crane Recovery Plan (Edwards et al. 1993). Cooperative recovery actions .of the <br />two nations are outlined in a "Memorandum of Understanding. . ,On The Conservation Of <br />The Whooping Crane" approved in April 1990. When the United States and Canadian <br />recovery plans are again revised, the U.S, Whooping Crane Recovery Team has <br />recommended that the plans be combined as a single plan. <br />