Endangered Species Petition Process
Identifying Threatened & Endangered Species
By Laura Klappenbach, About.com
The following diagram summarizes the process used when requesting that a species be added to the list of threatened or endangered species and protected under the Endangered Species Act:
The ESA Petition Process
Sources
This diagram was adapted from the US FWS document 'The Petition Process'. Other Publications describing the ESA and the petition process can be found at: Endangered Species Fact Sheets and Publications.
