Recovery plans under the Endangered Species Act may be developed for the simultaneous recovery of several listed species that share a habitat or ecosystem, rather than for only one species at a time.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including government agency documents, peer-reviewed literature, and a real-world example (vernal pool ecosystem recovery plan) showing multispecies recovery plans are a standard, established practice under the ESA. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=4 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Recovery of Species Under the Endangered Species Act (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.energy.gov/documents/usfws-2005-recovery-plan-vernal-pool-ecosystems-california-and-southern-oregon (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9292301/ (corroboration)
- https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12601 (corroboration)
- https://assets.performance.gov/APG/Interior/FY2019_June_Interior_Ensure_Clear_Quantitative_Criteria_for_Threatened_and_Endangered_Species_Recovery_Plans.pdf (corroboration)