• Ultimately, recovery of Aplomados in Texas will depend on the interest and direct involvement of private land owners since lands within the falcon’s former range are mostly in private ownership.

• for long-time horizons, recover as many species as possible by allocating resources based on the lowest expected cost of recovery.

• To that end state and federal fish and wildlife agencies should prioritize scarce resources available under the ESA to the conservation and recovery of species in most need and that have a high likelihood of recovery.