Is the Adaptive Management Program a recovery program for threatened and endangered species?
A goal of the AMP is to be consistent with the Endangered Species Act, yet it is not intended to serve as an endangered species recovery program. Full restoration of the pre-dam ecosystem and annual and seasonal river flows and temperatures are not objectives for the AMP. However, efforts to regain the function of the river and its ecological attributes so that the most disadvantaged species along the river are not jeopardized with extinction are commendable goals and are required under the Endangered Species Act. Some of these efforts are derived or supported by action items contained in species recovery plans. As these efforts stabilize and improve the status of threatened and endangered species, they are assisting species recovery.
