- Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
- Safe Harbor Agreements
- Candidate Conservation Agreements
- Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances
- Conservation Banking
- Recovery Credits and Tax Deductions
- Conservation Plans Database
- Information, Planning and Consultation System (IPaC)
- Recovery Online Activity Reporting System (ROAR)
CCAA Enrollment Process
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- Non-federal landowners and managers interested in working with the Service on a CCAA for a candidate or at-risk species can contact the appropriate regional office.
- If a conservation agreement is found to be feasible, the landowner and the Service work together to compile information about the land, including a map, the current management practices, and the management needs of the species and/or habitat. Any threats to the species on the property are also clearly identified.
- The landowner and the Service identify voluntary management actions to address known threats to the target species. They also determine the duration of the agreement, in order to allow enough time to achieve the desired conservation benefit.
- For the Service to enter into a CCAA, the conservation measures and resulting benefits must meet a standard: When combined with the benefits that would be achieved if the measures were also implemented on other necessary properties, it would preclude any need to list the covered species.
- The Service identifies any anticipated "incidental take" that might result from CCAA management actions if the species is listed at some point in the future.
- The landowner and Service develop a draft CCAA that addresses known threats to the species through specific conservation actions. The CCAA also describes the current and anticipated management of the property (farming, ranching, timber management, etc.). Additionally, it determines how to monitor the prescribed management actions and interpret their results.
- The landowner submits the completed CCAA to the Service and an application for an "enhancement of survival permit," which will take effect if the species is later listed.
- The Service then publishes an announcement in the Federal Register that it has received an application for an "enhancement of survival permit." A 30-day public comment period follows.
- During the public comment period, the Service conducts a series of internal reviews relating to issuing the requested permit.
- After considering any public comments and incorporating any appropriate changes, the Service and the landowner approve the final CCAA. Assuming all issuance criteria have been met, the Service then issues the enhancement of survival permit.
- The landowner begins any new conservation actions and/or continues with existing practices, as identified in the CCAA, and reports annually on the agreement's progress.
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Last updated:
August 29, 2012
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