The first step in the recovery planning process is the development of a recovery outline. Recovery outlines are usually prepared within 90 days of when a species is listed. A recovery outline serves as interim guidance to direct conservation efforts until a draft recovery plan is completed, and is intended primarily for internal use by the Service. Recovery outlines summarize the state of our knowledge of the species, identify high priority recovery actions that may be undertaken immediately, and lay out the strategy and timing for the development of the recovery plan.

Recently Completed Recovery Outlines

Twelve Hawaiian Picture-wing Flies  August 2006

Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's lupine) March 2006

Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit November 2004

Rota Bridled White-eye October 2004

Two Plants from Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands September 2004(Nesogenes rotensis and Osmoxylon mariannense [no common names])

Lomatium cookii and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora June 2003(Cook's Lomatium and Large-flowered Woolly Meadowfoam)