How will we know that the peregrine falcon population in North America will not start to decline without the protection of the Act?
The Act requires that the Service implement a system, in cooperation with the States, to monitor for not less than five years, a species that has been delisted due to recovery. The peregrine falcon monitoring program has been developed in cooperation with State resource agencies, recovery team members, and interested scientists and will be carried out in collaboration with Federal, State, and private cooperators. The scope of the monitoring program will include 5 geographical regions representing the types of landscapes inhabited by the peregrine falcon throughout its range; surveys will be conducted in index areas within each designated region. The peregrine falcon monitoring program will begin in the spring of 2001 and end in 2013. During the 13-year period, surveys will be conducted every 3 years for a total of 5 surveys. The designation of a 13 year monitoring period encompasses approximately 2 generations of peregrines in the wild which should be sufficient in length to detect an
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