Candidate Conservation

Candidate species are species for which there is enough information to indicate that listing as threatened or endangered is warranted, but preparing a listing proposal is precluded by other, higher priority listing activities.

The focus of the Candidate Conservation program is to evaluate at-risk species and to work with partners to conserve these species so they do not decline to the point where they need to be listed under the ESA.

Olive-sided flycatcher (pdf - 9.82mb)

Kittlitz Murrelet (candidate)

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Candidate Conservation Home

Last updated: October 2, 2008