1 PROPOSED Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy for the speciesRecovery name Strategy Series Adopted under Section 44 of SARA (Latin name) in Canada 2020 Species at Risk Act (SARA) RecoveryRecovery Strategy Strategy Series for the Hairy Braya Adopted under Section 44 of SARA (Braya pilosa) in Canada Hairy Braya 2021 1 2 Recommended citation: 3 4 Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2021. Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya 5 (Braya pilosa) in Canada [Proposed]. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. 6 Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa. 2 parts, 18 pp. + 29 pp. 7 8 9 10 Official version 11 The official version of the recovery documents is the one published in PDF. All 12 hyperlinks were valid as of date of publication. 13 14 Non-official version 15 The non-official version of the recovery documents is published in HTML format and all 16 hyperlinks were valid as of date of publication. 17 18 19 20 For copies of the recovery strategy, or for additional information on species at risk, 21 including the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) 22 Status Reports, residence descriptions, action plans, and other related recovery 23 documents, please visit the Species at Risk (SAR) Public Registry1. 24 25 26 Cover illustration: Hairy Braya © Jim Harris 27 28 Également disponible en français sous le titre 29 « Programme de rétablissement du braya poilu (Braya pilosa) au Canada 30 [Proposition] » 31 32 33 © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of 34 Environment and Climate Change, 2021. All rights reserved. 35 ISBN 36 Catalogue no. 37 38 39 40 Content (excluding the illustrations) may be used without permission, with appropriate 41 credit to the source. 1 www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry.html 42 43 RECOVERY STRATEGY FOR THE HAIRY BRAYA 44 (Braya pilosa) IN CANADA 45 46 2021 47 48 49 Under the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk (1996), the federal, provincial, 50 and territorial governments agreed to work together on legislation, programs, and 51 policies to protect wildlife species at risk throughout Canada. 52 53 In the spirit of cooperation of the Accord, the Northwest Territories Conference of 54 Management Authorities has given permission to the Government of Canada to adopt 55 the Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya (Braya pilosa) in the Northwest Territories 56 (Part 2) under Section 44 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Environment and Climate 57 Change Canada has included a federal addition (Part 1) which completes the SARA 58 requirements for this recovery strategy. 59 60 61 The federal recovery strategy for the Hairy Braya in Canada consists of two parts: 62 63 Part 1 – Federal Addition to the Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya (Braya pilosa) in 64 the Northwest Territories, prepared by Environment and Climate Change Canada. 65 66 Part 2 – Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya (Braya pilosa) in the Northwest 67 Territories, prepared by the Conference of Management Authorities. 68 Table of contents 69 70 Part 1 – Federal Addition to the Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya (Braya pilosa) in 71 the Northwest Territories, prepared by Environment and Climate Change Canada. 72 73 74 Preface ............................................................................................................................ 2 75 Acknowledements ........................................................................................................... 4 76 Additions and modifications to the adopted document .................................................... 5 77 1. Recovery feasibility summary ............................................................................... 5 78 2. COSEWIC species assessment information ......................................................... 7 79 3. Species status information .................................................................................... 7 80 4. Threats ................................................................................................................. 8 81 4.1 Threat Assessment ........................................................................................... 8 82 5. Population and distribution objectives ................................................................. 11 83 6. Critical habitat ..................................................................................................... 11 84 6.1 Identification of the species’ critical habitat................................................... 12 85 6.2 Schedule of studies to identify critical habitat ............................................... 15 86 6.3 Activities likely to result in destruction of critical habitat ............................... 15 87 7. Effects on the environment and other species .................................................... 16 88 8. References ......................................................................................................... 17 89 90 91 Part 2 – Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya (Braya pilosa) in the Northwest 92 Territories, prepared by Conference of Management Authorities. 93 94 95 96 Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya 2021 Part 1 – Federal Addition 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 Part 1 – Federal Addition to the Recovery Strategy for the 110 Hairy Braya (Braya pilosa) in the Northwest Territories, 111 prepared by Environment and Climate Change Canada 112 113 1 Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya 2021 Part 1 – Federal Addition 114 Preface 115 116 The federal, provincial, and territorial government signatories under the Accord for the 117 Protection of Species at Risk (1996)2 agreed to establish complementary legislation and 118 programs that provide for effective protection of species at risk throughout Canada. 119 Under the Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c.29) (SARA), the federal competent 120 ministers are responsible for the preparation of recovery strategies for listed Extirpated, 121 Endangered, and Threatened species and are required to report on progress within 122 five years after the publication of the final document on the SAR Public Registry. 123 124 The Minister of Environment and Climate Change is the competent minister under 125 SARA for the Hairy Braya and has prepared the federal component of this recovery 126 strategy (Part 1), as per section 37 of SARA. To the extent possible, it has been 127 prepared in cooperation with the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit 128 Land Administration, the Tuktoyaktuk Hunters and Trappers Committee, and the Wildlife 129 Management Advisory Council (Northwest Territories) as per section 39(1) of SARA. 130 SARA section 44 allows the Minister to adopt all or part of an existing plan for the 131 species if it meets the requirements under SARA for content (sub-sections 41(1) or (2)). 132 The Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) provided the attached recovery 133 strategy for the Hairy Braya (Part 2) as advice to the jurisdictions responsible for 134 managing the species in the Northwest Territories. It was prepared in cooperation with 135 Environment and Climate Change Canada. 136 137 It was determined that the recovery of the Hairy Braya in Canada is not technically or 138 biologically feasible. However, the goal of this recovery strategy is to secure the survival 139 of Hairy Braya in the wild. The species still may benefit from general conservation 140 programs in the same geographic area and will receive protection through SARA and 141 other federal, and provincial or territorial, legislation, policies, and programs. 142 143 The feasibility determination will be re-evaluated as part of the report on implementation 144 of the recovery strategy, or as warranted in response to changing conditions and/or 145 knowledge. 146 147 The recovery strategy sets the strategic direction to arrest or reverse the decline of the 148 species, including identification of critical habitat to the extent possible. It provides all 149 Canadians with information to help take action on species conservation. When critical 150 habitat is identified, either in a recovery strategy or an action plan, SARA requires that 151 critical habitat then be protected. 152 153 In the case of critical habitat identified for terrestrial species including migratory birds 154 SARA requires that critical habitat identified in a federally protected area3 be described 2 www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-act-accord-funding.html#2 3 These federally protected areas are: a national park of Canada named and described in Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act, The Rouge National Park established by the Rouge National Urban Park 2 Recovery Strategy for the Hairy Braya 2021 Part 1 – Federal Addition 155 in the Canada Gazette within 90 days after the recovery strategy or action plan that 156 identified the critical habitat is included in the public registry. A prohibition against 157 destruction of critical habitat under ss. 58(1) will apply 90 days after the description of 158 the critical habitat is published in the Canada Gazette. 159 160 For critical habitat located on other federal lands, the competent minister must either 161 make a statement on existing legal protection or make an order so that the prohibition 162 against destruction of critical habitat applies. 163 164 If the critical habitat for a migratory bird is not within a federal protected area and is not 165 on federal land, within the exclusive economic