About this Collection
To gather the information, the Director (through the Ecological Services Program) sends out a request for data each year to all federal agencies that may have a connection with a federally listed species and, therefore, a need to spend money to uphold the ESA. The same request is also sent to the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, which gathers the data from the individual states and territories. The Ecological Services Program then compiles the data and prepares the annual "Report to Congress on Federal and State Endangered and Threatened Species Expenditures."
The reports are available to the public, and the information is used by the media, environmental organizations, and other interested parties.