Candidate Conservation AgreementsCandidate Conservation Agreement • May 5th, 2020
Contract Type FiledMay 5th, 2020These are species for which the FWS has enough information regarding their biological status and threats to propose them as threatened or endangered, but listing is currently precluded by higher priority listing activities. Candidate species are not subject to the legal protections of the ESA. Proactive conservation efforts for these species can, in some cases, eliminate the need to list them under the ESA.