This was added to the Endangered Species Act as a common sense way to try to work out private agreements that could preserve wildlife diversity and perhaps even avoid the need for listing if we can do enough private conservation agreements.
Cardin explains the purpose of candidate conservation agreements under the Endangered Species Act.
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