OAR 603-073-0080
Candidate Species
(1)
The director shall maintain a list of candidate species that includes those native species that have potential of qualifying as threatened or endangered after additional study and evaluation, and based on the opinions of the department, the Technical Advisory Committee (see OAR 603-073-0030 (Criteria for the Listing, Reclassification, and Removal of Plant Species from the State List)), and other consulted persons with relevant knowledge. The candidate species list may be acquired by writing the director.(2)
The purpose of the candidate species list is to provide state agencies, and other interested persons, a means of assessing those species most likely to be listed by the director as threatened or endangered in the future. The presence of a species on the candidate list is not necessarily an indication that the species will be listed as threatened or endangered, nor does it require any protection for the species under ORS 564.105 (Responsibility to protect and conserve native plants)–564.135 (Effect of law on commercial forestland or private land), these rules, or any other regulations.
Source:
Rule 603-073-0080 — Candidate Species, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=603-073-0080.