Candidate Conservation Agreement for theCandidate Conservation Agreement • December 7th, 2008
This Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) for the LPC and the SDL represents a collaborative effort between the FWS, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM). The CCA builds upon the BLMs “Special Status Species Resource Management Plan Amendment” (RMPA) (completed in April 2008) for southeast New Mexico. The RMPA established the foundational (minimum) requirements that will be applied to all future Federal activities, regardless of whether a permittee or lessee participates in this CCA. The strength of the CCA comes from the implementation of additional conservation measures that are additive, or above and beyond those foundational requirements established in the RMPA.
Candidate Conservation Agreement for the Texas Hornshell (Popenaias popeii) and other Covered SpeciesCandidate Conservation Agreement • July 5th, 2024
Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances ForCandidate Conservation Agreement • June 23rd, 2021
regulation is precluded by other higher priority listing activities. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)–Fisheries, which has jurisdiction over most marine species, defines candidate species more broadly to include species whose status is of concern but more information is needed before they can be proposed for listing.
7th AnnualCandidate Conservation Agreement • March 29th, 2016
CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT FOR THE GOPHER TORTOISECandidate Conservation Agreement • April 13th, 2017
(Photo Source: http://www.wildherps.com/species/G.polyphemus html; Photo taken April 8, 2004 at Oscar Scherer State Park, Sarasota County, Florida)
Candidate Conservation AgreementCandidate Conservation Agreement • February 18th, 2016 • North Carolina
Candidate Conservation Agreements for theCandidate Conservation Agreement • December 21st, 2016
The Lesser Prairie‐Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) (LPC) (Figure 1) is a prairie grouse species native to the Southern Great Plains, including parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) (DSL) (Figure 2),
CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT FOR THECandidate Conservation Agreement • December 1st, 2017
TELEPHONIC INTERVIEW Time (4:47) MARBOB ENERGY CORPORATION CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT: LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN AND SAND DUNE LIZARD (HOST – SARAH LEON WITH RAND FRENCH)Candidate Conservation Agreement • November 9th, 2010
MS. LEON: Thanks to a conservation partnership involving private landowners, the oil and gas industry and a slew of federal conservation agencies, Endangered Species Act protection may be unnecessary for the lesser prairie chicken and its neighbor the sand dunes lizard, two candidates for listing.
Candidate Conservation AgreementCandidate Conservation Agreement • March 15th, 2021
Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • April 7th, 2020
This Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for the Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands with an integrated Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCAA/CCA or Agreement) represents a unique collaboration between the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the “Service”), and more than 30 interested entities from the energy and transportation sectors. These interested companies and organizations represent entities managing lands associated with electric power generation, electric transmission and distribution, oil and gas transmission and distribution, and renewable energy development, as well as a network of individual state departments of transportation, with support from the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA), who were involved in the conceptualization and preparation of this Agreement (Appendix A).
Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • May 12th, 2020
Partners track adopted acres that they maintain as monarch habitat towards their annual commitments under the CCAA. Areas that are maintained need to be accurately tracked to ensure Partners are maintaining consistency in how they are estimating those acres. This guidance is intended to help Partners accurately estimate the area tracked as adopted acres based on targeted herbicide applications as a conservation measure.
Candidate Conservation AgreementsCandidate Conservation Agreement • May 5th, 2020
These 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.
Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • April 12th, 2019
Nationwide Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement for Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • January 3rd, 2020
Use and operation of lands to be enrolled (transmission, generation, highway, etc.) and estimated acreage of enrolled lands.
LANDOWNER/LESSEE INTEREST FORMCandidate Conservation Agreement • June 20th, 2017
Candidate Conservation Agreement & Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for Texas Hornshell Mussel and Other Covered Species
CEHMMCandidate Conservation Agreement • October 7th, 2019
14th AnnualCandidate Conservation Agreement • March 15th, 2023
Candidate Conservation Agreement for theCandidate Conservation Agreement • October 22nd, 2008
This Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) for the LPC and the SDL represents a collaborative effort between the FWS, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM). The CCA builds upon the BLMs “Special Status Species Resource Management Plan Amendment” (RMPA) (completed in April 2008) for southeast New Mexico. The RMPA established the foundational requirements that will be applied to all future Federal activities, regardless of whether a permittee or lessee participates in this CCA. The strength of the CCA comes from the implementation of additional conservation measures that are additive, or above and beyond those foundational requirements established in the RMPA.
Nationwide Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement for Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • February 25th, 2020
Nationwide Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement for Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • December 9th, 2020
Candidate Conservation AgreementCandidate Conservation Agreement • April 23rd, 2014
CEHMM Candidate Conservation Agreements for theCandidate Conservation Agreement • December 31st, 2013
The lesser prairie‐chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) (LPC) is a prairie grouse species native to the southern Great Plains, including parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) (DSL), also known as the sand dune lizard, is a species native to a small area of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. Both the LPC and DSL have been ruled warranted for listing as threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). In the event that either species is listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. § 1531, et seq.), the listing would initiate regulatory and conservation responsibilities for federal, state, and private landowners. These responsibilities stem from Section 9 of the ESA that prohibits “take” (i.e., harass, harm, pursue, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect, or attempt to engage in any such conduct) of listed species. In addition t
Candidate Conservation AgreementCandidate Conservation Agreement • February 8th, 2017
CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT FOR THECandidate Conservation Agreement • December 5th, 2023
Adult male eastern regal fritillary on a butterfly weed plant. Photo Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Nationwide Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement for Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • March 27th, 2020
☐ Use and operation of lands to be enrolled (transmission, generation, highway, etc.) and estimated acreage of enrolled lands.
8th AnnualCandidate Conservation Agreement • April 14th, 2017
Guidance for Developing Greater Sage-Grouse & Range Management Candidate Conservation AgreementsCandidate Conservation Agreement • August 27th, 2014
The Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) is an agreement between the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, and the participating permittee. It provides a framework for participating permittees to voluntarily implement conservation measures for sage-grouse beyond those that they are required to implement by regulation, such as those measures required as a condition of a grazing permit. Allotment-level CCAs are agreements to implement, monitor, and report the effectiveness of conservation measures to benefit sage-grouse on their respective allotments.
CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENTCandidate Conservation Agreement • June 7th, 2011
11th AnnualCandidate Conservation Agreement • August 4th, 2022
Nationwide Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement for Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • March 3rd, 2021
Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement • May 9th, 2019
This frequently asked questions (FAQ) document is oriented primarily towards specific implementation questions commonly encountered by organizations considering enrollment in the Agreement. Please note that a FAQ document on general questions regarding the Agreement is included in a previous document compiled by UIC and available online.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTCandidate Conservation Agreement • September 16th, 2016
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) proposes to enter into a Candidate Conservation Agreement (CAA) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources in order to formalize a collaborative effort to promote the recovery of the sicklefin redhorse and preclude their listing under the Endangered Species Act. Under the agreement, TVA would participate in sampling, collection, and stocking activities and would provide financial contributions to support fish hatchery production of sicklefin redhorse and other species management activities under the direction of USFWS. The initial term of the CCA would be 10 years and may be extended by consent of the parties.
Greater Sage-Grouse Candidate Conservation AgreementCandidate Conservation Agreement • September 15th, 2014
