The purpose of this toolkit is to support interested applicants and enrolled partners participating in the Nationwide Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement for Energy and Transportation Lands (CCAA).
The tools and guidelines linked here were developed to aid organizations in consistent and effective implementation of the CCAA. This toolkit also provides a place to find best practices and other resources developed collaboratively or sourced from across the CCAA partner network.
Liability for the implementation of the CCAA, or any use made of these implementation resources by its partners, is the sole responsibility of the partner itself. None of the authors, contributors, administrators, or anyone else connected with the CCAA, in any way whatsoever, can be responsible for your use of the information contained in or linked in these resources.
This video provides a brief overview of the Administrative Fees Calculator to estimate annual fees for the first 5 years of enrollment in the CCAA.
This video reviews the application requirements for Section 7 to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s with their application review.
This video provides a deep dive into the monitoring requirements for the CCAA, including a field demonstration.
This video provides an overview of the implementation plan requirements for the CCAA, including walking through the template and example plan available in the CCAA Toolkit.
Conservation Agreements
The Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for the Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands (Monarch CCAA) was finalized by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the University of Illinois-Chicago on April 7, 2020. This document details the background, purpose, roles, requirements, and procedures for the implementation of the Monarch CCAA.
The Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands (Monarch CCAA; Agreement) was approved as an integrated Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and a Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA). This memorandum clarifies the ability of federal agencies to enroll in the CCA-portion of the Agreement and the corresponding expectations of those agencies choosing to do so.