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Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act Terrestrial Species November 2010 Information contained in this publication or product may be reproduced, in part or in whole, and by any means, for personal or public non-commercial purposes, without charge or further permission, unless otherwise specified. You are asked to: • Exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced; • Indicate both the complete title of the materials reproduced, as well as the author organization; and • Indicate that the reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and that the reproduction has not been produced in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. Commercial reproduction and distribution is prohibited except with written permission from the Government of Canada’s copyright administrator, Public Works and Government Services of Canada (PWGSC). 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ISSN: 1710-3029 ISBN: 978-1-100-52505-1 Cat. no.: En1-36/2010 © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of the Environment, 2010 Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act Terrestrial Species November 2010 Please submit your comments by February 4, 2011, for terrestrial species undergoing normal consultations and by February 4, 2012, for terrestrial species undergoing extended consultations. For a description of the consultation paths these species will undergo, please see www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/sar/listing/table_1210_e.cfm. Please email your comments to the Species at Risk Public Registry at: [email protected] Comments may also be mailed to: Director General Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 For more information on the Species at Risk Act, please visit the Species at Risk Public Registry at: www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act: Terrestrial Species, November 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS ADDITION OF SPECIES TO THE SPECIES AT RISK ACT ..............................................2 The Species at Risk Act and the List of Wildlife Species at Risk .............................................................. 2 COSEWIC and the assessment process for identifying species at risk .................................................. 2 Terms used to define the degree of risk to a species .............................................................................. 2 Terrestrial and aquatic species eligible for Schedule 1 amendments .................................................. 2 Public comments solicited on the proposed amendment of Schedule 1 .......................................... 3 THE SPECIES AT RISK ACT LISTING PROCESS AND CONSULTATION ..........................................................3 The purpose of consultations on amendments to the List ...................................................................... 3 Legislative context of the consultations: the Minister’s recommendation to the Governor in Council ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 1: The species listing process under SARA ................................................................................ 4 The Minister of the Environment’s response to the COSEWIC assessment: the response statement ....................................................................................................................... 5 Normal and extended consultation periods ........................................................................................... 5 Who is consulted and how ........................................................................................................................ 5 Role and impact of public consultations in the listing process .............................................................. 6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ADDITION OF A SPECIES TO SCHEDULE 1 .............................................................7 Protection for listed Extirpated, Endangered and Threatened species ............................................... 7 Recovery strategies and action plans for Extirpated, Endangered and Threatened species ......... 7 Protection for listed species of Special Concern .................................................................................... 8 Management plans for species of Special Concern ............................................................................. 8 THE LIST OF SPECIES PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION OR RECLASSIFICATION ON SCHEDULE 1 ..............................................................................................9 Status of the recently assessed species and consultation paths .......................................................... 9 Providing comments ................................................................................................................................... 9 Table 1: Terrestrial species recently assessed by COSEWIC eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification ............................................................................................... 10 Table 2: Terrestrial species recently reassessed by COSEWIC (species status confirmation) ...... 11 THE COSEWIC SUMMARIES OF TERRESTRIAL SPECIES ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITION OR RECLASSIFICATION ON SCHEDULE 1 ................................................................ 12 INDEXES .................................................................................................. 72 Species by Common Name ..................................................................................................................... 72 Species by Scientific Name ...................................................................................................................... 73 Species by Province and Territory of Occurrence ................................................................................. 74 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................ 75 1 Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act: Terrestrial Species, November 2010 ADDITION OF SPECIES TO THE SPECIES AT RISK ACT The Species at Risk Act and the List status. To be accepted, status reports must be peer- of Wildlife Species at Risk reviewed and approved by a subcommittee of species specialists. In special circumstances, assessments The Government of Canada is committed to can be done on an emergency basis. When the status preventing the disappearance of wildlife species at report is complete, COSEWIC meets to examine it risk from our lands. As part of its strategy for realizing and discuss the species. COSEWIC then determines that commitment, on June 5, 2003, the Government whether the species is at risk, and if so, then assesses of Canada proclaimed the Species at Risk Act (SARA). the level of risk and assigns a conservation status. Attached to the Act is Schedule 1, the list of the species provided for under SARA, also called the List of Wildlife Species at Risk. Endangered or Threatened Terms used to define the degree of risk species on Schedule 1 benefit from the protection of to a species SARA’s prohibitions and recovery planning. Special The conservation status defines the degree of Concern species benefit from its management risk to a species. The terms used under SARA are planning. Schedule 1 has grown from the original 233 Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened and Special to 470 wildlife species at risk. Concern. Extirpated species are wildlife species that The complete list of species currently on no longer occur in the wild in Canada but still exist Schedule 1 can be viewed at: elsewhere. Endangered species are wildlife species that are likely to soon become extirpated or extinct. www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/schedules_e.cfm?id=1 Threatened species are likely to become endangered if nothing is done to reverse the factors leading Species become eligible for addition to Schedule 1 to their extirpation or extinction. The term Special once they have been assessed as being at risk by the Concern is used for wildlife species that may become Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in threatened or endangered due to a combination of Canada (COSEWIC). The decision to add a species biological characteristics and threats. Once COSEWIC to Schedule 1 is made by the Governor in Council has assessed a species as Extirpated, Endangered, following a recommendation from the Minister of the Threatened or Special Concern, it is eligible for Environment. The Governor in Council is the formal inclusion on Schedule 1. executive body that gives legal effect to Cabinet decisions that are to have the force of law. For more information on COSEWIC, visit: www.cosewic.gc.ca COSEWIC and the assessment process for