One of the products of R2R’s Gap Analysis is the Species Recovery Progress Wheel—a self-assessment tool that Species Working Groups can use to gauge focal species progress toward population recovery following the R2R approach. 

The Wheel arranges biological, social science/human dimensions, co-production, and inclusivity criteria into six broad action categories. Each category is divided into three segments, with five steps (criteria) for each of the segments—a total of 90 distinct criteria in all. The criteria are intended to provide progressive step-wise guidance, proceeding clockwise from Group Organization to Implementation and from the center toward the periphery (steps 1 to 5) in each of the segments. Following R2R’s initial two workshops, the segment steps from Vulnerability Assessment through Limiting Factor Identification tend to follow R2R’s recommended guidance more prescriptively. Nonetheless, since each species and each working group is unique, a team may find that their self-assessment may not always populate the Wheel progressively. Once a self-assessment is completed, a Species Working Group can use the Wheel graphic to demonstrate progress and/or request funding for future work. In this latest version, the Wheel can also be used to display recent progress (e.g., as a result of newly funded accomplishments).