Beyond Words

• Date: 01 February 2016

2-2016 NEWS & ANALYSIS 46 ELR 10107

BEYOND WORDS

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Source: Daniel M. Evans et al., Species Recovery in the United States: Increasing the Eectiveness of the Endangered Species Act, I 

E No. 20 (Ecological Society of America Winter 2016), http://www.esa.org/esa/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Issue20.pdf.

Primary Threats to Species

Primary threats to 1,421 species, subspecies, and distinct population segments listed under the ESA (621 animal and 800 plant listing units).

Data ref‌lect threats identif‌ied in recovery plans for all species that had recovery plans approved as of January 2010 (for 528 animals and

645 plants) and threats identif‌ied by NatureServe (for the remainder).

Trends in Recovery Status

Trends in recovery status for 1,292 listed species, based on a summation of trends reported in 2-year status updates submitted by the

Services to Congress from 1990 to 2010.

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