The ESA of 1973 provides framework regulated by the Department of the Interior to protect species listed as threatened or endangered in the United States and its territories. Identification and determination of listed species on federal lands requires significant expenditures in time and funds to devise effective management approaches for the protection of critical habitat requirements and eventual recovery of listed species. ESA Section 7(a)(1) calls for, and indeed mandates, proactive conservation planning for TES by federal agencies in consultation with the USFWS and NMFS. This proactive planning effort can be flexible and collaborative and is the best means to promote the conservation and recovery of listed species.
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