Pre-listing conservation agreement. Landowners see endangered species as liabilities. Voluntary actions to conserve species in return for regulatory relief for landowners. Landowner protection should carry over if species is listed later. Keystone Center, 1995.
Landowners see endangered species as liabilities.
Landowners protect unoccupied endangered species habitats in return for permission to modify habitat in the future. Habitat may be temporary. Notification required before habitat modified. Keystone Center, 1995. Landowners with endangered species habitat fear prosecution under taking provision.