Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for the Big Island (Island of Hawaii); Plant cluster for Review and Comment

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of a draft recovery plan for the Big Island Plant Cluster. This plan addresses 22 plant taxa from the island of Hawaii (Big Island) in the State of Hawaii. Twenty taxa are listed as endangered, one is proposed for endangered status, and one is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Twelve of the 22 taxa are endemic to the Big Island while an additional four, which originally had a wider distribution, are now confined to the Big Island. other taxa currently persist on the islands of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, and/or Maui as well as the Big Island.