Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation LandsCandidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances (Ccaa) and Candidate Conservation Agreement (Cca) • January 24th, 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).
