This recovery plan describes the recovery vision and strategy, criteria for determining when the rusty patched bumble bee should be considered for delisting, as well as the broad actions necessary to meet those criteria and time and cost estimates for implementing recovery actions. An introduction provides a brief description of the species’ habitat requirements, biology, and limiting factors. The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Species Status Assessment report provides a more detailed accounting of the species biology, threats, and status. A recovery implementation strategy, which serves as an operational plan for stepping down the higher-level recovery actions into specific tasks or activities, is being developed in cooperation with recovery partners. The recovery implementation strategy and species status assessment are developed separately from the recovery plan and can be updated and modified as needed, thereby maximizing flexibility of recovery implementation. More information on the recovery planning process can be found online.
