ESA Implementation

Ensuring an Effective Endangered Species Act
The ESA provides a broad and flexible framework to facilitate conservation with a variety of stakeholders. Learn about the tools in place that help us work with our diverse network of partners to deliver meaningful conservation.

News

Trump Administration Celebrates Recovery of America's Smallest Tern
After more than three decades of conservation partnerships inspired by the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is celebrating the delisting of the interior least tern due to recovery....
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Species Status Assessment

An Integrated Framework for Conservation
The Species Status Assessment was developed to enhance conservation success under the ESA. This framework is based on the best available scientific and commercial information, and it delivers the foundational science for informing all ESA decisions...

Last updated:
January 19, 2021