Delisting is considered possible for only 74% of the 1,173 species with recovery plans under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Notes on verification
Verbatim match to peer-reviewed source (Neel et al. 2012, BioScience) and corroborated by USGS publication page, ResearchGate PDF, and BioOne listing. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- how is recovery defined by the U.S. Endangered Species Act? (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236868745_By_the_Numbers_How_is_Recovery_Defined_by_the_US_Endangered_Species_Act (corroboration)
- https://bioone.org/journals/bioscience/volume-62/issue-7/bio.2012.62.7.7/By-the-Numbers--How-is-Recovery-Defined-by-the/10.1525/bio.2012.62.7.7.short (corroboration)
- https://www.academia.edu/54111193/Improving_Recovery_Planning_for_Threatened_and_Endangered_Species (corroboration)