The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service developed a set of national workplans reflecting our schedule for developing recovery plans and completing five-year reviews for fiscal years 2022 through 2025. These workplans were established to:
- increase awareness of and participation with recovery partners and important stakeholders;
- provide greater clarity and predictability regarding the timing of recovery planning and species status reviews, including the solicitation of information for both five-year reviews and recovery plans, as well as comments via peer and public review for recovery plans;
- strive for more timely completion of recovery plans and five-year reviews; and ultimately,
- expedite the implementation of recovery actions with the highest likelihood of preventing extinction and contributing towards recovery of imperiled species and ecosystems.
About the Workplans
The workplans emphasize completing recovery planning for listed species that currently do not have a final recovery plan and conducting status reviews for species that are due for review. Each workplan contains some basic information about the species and indicates the lead office with contact information.
The Recovery Plan Workplan indicates the fiscal years in which we anticipate draft and final recovery plans to be available. Our recovery planning process requires public notice and an opportunity for public review and comment prior to final approval of a new or revised recovery plan. Draft and final recovery plans are available through the Service's website.
The Five-year Review Workplan indicates the fiscal year in which we anticipate completing a five-year review. Prior to completing a review, we will provide notice that the species is under active review and request any information we should consider in our status review. Completed five-year reviews and notices of species under review are available on the species profiles in the Environmental Conservation Online System ( ECOS ECOS
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) serves a variety of reports related to FWS Threatened and Endangered Species.
Learn more about ECOS ). Use the "species search" field at the top of this page to access a species' profile page in ECOS and find completed reviews and notices of species under review.
While we specifically request new information in anticipation of conducting status reviews, we will accept new information on any species at any time.
Updating the Workplans
Target dates listed in our workplans are subject to change based on workload and new information. To keep the public informed of our progress in recovering species, we will periodically update these workplans to reflect our consideration of new information over time and adjustments in our workplan schedules.
