1982 amendments

included (1) Listing based solely on best biological information available; (2) Critical habitat designation concurrent with listing only to maximum extent prudent and determinable; (3) Established time requirements for listing process; (4) Established recovery priority system; (5) Designation of experimental populations; (6) Limited prohibition on take of endangered plants; (7) Incidental take permits for development of private land; (8) Incidental take provision incorporated within Biological Opinions; and (9) Appropriated funds for programs through 1988.