...http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/Boxscore.do)¹

The URL for the statistics changes occasionally. If this link doesn't work, you'll have to search the Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Pages yourself.

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... ago.²

Candidate species - Plants and animals that have been studied and the Service has concluded that they should be proposed for addition to the Federal endangered and threatened species list. These species have formerly been referred to as category 1 candidate species. From the February 28, 1996 Federal Register, page http://endangered.fws.gov/96cnorwt.html: ``those species for which the Service has on file sufficient information on biological vulnerability and threat(s) to support issuance of a proposed rule to list but issuance of the proposed rule is precluded.''

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... cost³

These calculation assumes all species are equally valuable and that protection efforts, when made, will be successful for every species.

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... species.⁴

This figure includes the cost of fencing; control of foxes, pigs, rabbits, and weeds; breeding or propagation programs; incentive programs for landholders; and personnel costs to administer the program.

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... species.⁵

This figure is driven primarily by the need for landholder incentive programs at a much broader scale.

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