Endangered Species Program
Candidate Conservation Program Vision    

Miami blue
Miami Blue Butterfly, photo by H.L. Salvato
 

image of Washington Ground Squirrel
Washington Ground Squirrel, photo by J. Delavan

Working in partnership with public and private landowners, the Candidate Conservation Program assesses species and develops and facilitates the use of voluntary conservation tools for collaborative conservation of candidate and other species-at-risk and their habitats, so that these species do not need the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
Last updated: November 14, 2008