Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, 1,173 species have recovery plans.
Notes on verification
Figure traces to Neel et al. (2012) in BioScience and is independently corroborated by a 2024 peer-reviewed paper citing the same number. Other sources show the count varies over time as plans are added, consistent with this being a specific historical snapshot. [tier=silver indep_score=0.77 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- how is recovery defined by the U.S. Endangered Species Act? (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.13159 (corroboration)
- https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.27.966101v1.full (corroboration)