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ypecies: 
either grant or deny the hearing. 
Either action must be published in 
the Federal Register. 
In cases Concerning species 
under the joint jurisdiction of the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, 
the Secretaries of Interior and 
Commerce must mutually agree on 
any proposed listing or change in 
status for a species. 
The last action in the listing 
process is publication of the Final 
Rulemaking. This document gives 
the common and scientific names 
of the species concerned, states 
whether they are ‘‘threatened”’ or 
“endangered,” the portion of their 
ranges in which they are listed, 
specifies any special regulations 
applying to a threatened species, 
and summarizes the supporting 
data for action. 
THE ROAD BACK, 
MOVES AHEAD RECOVERY PROGRAM 
The principal long-range goal of 
the Endangered Species Program is 
to bring about the eventual delist- 
ing of as many Endangered and 
Threatened species as_ possible. 
One of the most important means 
for achieving this goal is the devel- 
opment of effective recovery plans 
by teams of biologists expert in 
these species. 
With the recent appointment of 
recovery teams for the Florida 
panther and Florida manatee, the 
Fish and Wildlife Service now has 
activated a total of 57 teams re- 
sponsible for 68 species. The last 
two teams completed the 1975-76 
phase of the program. 
Selection of Species 
The teams have been named for 
species selected by Endangered 
Species Program Manager Keith M. 
Schreiner on the basis of the fol- 
lowing considerations: 
@ Present status of the species 
®@ Need for coordinating activity 
by all agencies already in- 
volved in recovery work 
@ Availability of funds 
@ Need for land acquisition to 
protect the species’ habitat 
