It would help. I'll come back to what it would do for the existing backlog. But going forward, whether it's through implementation or legislative change, we'd like to find a way to better line up what we want to accomplish. We want to identify a priority species and have timelines and responsibilities we can deliver on. I don't know what that would be at this moment. We're still thinking about some possible options. We wouldn't want to contribute to the backlog as we have been in the past. In that context, one would have to think about what we can best do with the backlog. Maybe it's more implementation. Maybe we could do a better job of prioritizing and making sure that we're taking off the highest priority species. Maybe there's something we could do with other parts of the backlog that doesn't require a full recovery strategy but that might be more efficient. There are the two tracks for dealing with the backlog, but there's also trying to think ahead and see if there's a way to prevent a bigger backlog.
On March 5th, 2013. See this statement in context.