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The Candidate Conservation Program uniquely bridges the non-regulatory and regulatory approaches to species conservation. Two key elements:
- Conducting assessments to identify species most in need of the ESA’s protection.
- Working through partnerships to conserve these species by improving habitat and removing threats.
Species Assessments – Identify candidates for listing and provides conservation recommendations that can remove and reduce threats so that listing them will be unnecessary.
- Process emphasizes coordination with States to obtain the best available information on species status and recommendations for conservation.
- Provides the foundation for planning and implementing voluntary conservation efforts that are most likely to be effective in making listing unnecessary.
Cooperative Conservation – Through a broad suite of public and private partners, provide technical assistance and leverage funding for conservation of candidate and other at-risk species.
- Provide information to guide strategic approaches to ensure voluntary efforts occur where they are most needed and most likely to be effective in making listing unnecessary.
- Facilitate development and implementation of Candidate Conservation Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances.
- Leverage resources by facilitating funding for landowners to engage in voluntary conservation (e.g. through various FWS grants and agreements, Farm Bill programs, DOD progams).
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Last updated:
November 14, 2008