The absence of a rigorous mechanism for prioritizing investment in endangered species management is a major implementation hurdle affecting recovery. Here, we present a method for prioritizing strategies for endangered species management based on the likelihood of achieving species’ recovery goals per dollar invested. We demonstrate our approach for 15 species listed under Canada's Species at Risk Act that co‐occur in Southwestern Saskatchewan. Without management, only two species have >50% probability of meeting recovery objectives; whereas, with management, 13 species exceed the >50% threshold with the implementation of just five complementary strategies at a cost of $126m over 20 years. The likelihood of meeting recovery objectives rarely exceeded 70% and two species failed to reach the >50% threshold. Our findings underscore the need to consider the cost, benefit, and feasibility of management strategies when developing recovery plans in order to prioritize implementation in a timely and cost‐effective manner.

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优先考虑恢复资金，以最大程度地保护濒危物种

缺乏严格的机制来确定濒危物种管理的投资优先次序是影响恢复的主要实施障碍。在这里，我们根据实现每美元投资实现物种恢复目标的可能性，提出了一种优先处理濒危物种管理策略的方法。我们展示了针对加拿大萨斯喀彻温省西南部同时存在的加拿大《濒危物种法》所列15种物种的研究方法。没有管理，只有两个物种达到恢复目标的可能性大于50％。而在管理下，仅实施五种补充策略，就有13个物种超过了50％的门槛，在20年中耗资1.26亿美元。达到恢复目标的可能性很少超过70％，并且两个物种未能达到> 50％的阈值。