Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act: Terrestrial Species – December 2012

• Addition of Species to the Species at Risk Act
  • The Species at Risk Act and the List of Wildlife Species at Risk
  • COSEWIC and the assessment process for identifying species at risk
  • Terms used to define the degree of risk to a species
  • Terrestrial and aquatic species eligible for Schedule 1 amendments
  • Public comments solicited on the proposed amendment of Schedule 1
• The Species at Risk Act Listing Process and Consultation
  • The purpose of consultations on amendments to the List
  • Legislative context of the consultations: the Minister's recommendation to the Governor in Council
  • Figure 1: The species listing process under SARA
  • The Minister of the Environment's response to the COSEWIC assessment: the response statement
  • Normal and extended consultation periods
  • Who is consulted and how
  • Role and impact of public consultations in the listing process
• Significance of the Addition of a Species to Schedule 1
  • Protection for listed Extirpated, Endangered and Threatened species
  • Recovery strategies and action plans for Extirpated, Endangered and Threatened species
  • Protection for listed species of Special Concern
  • Management plans for species of Special Concern
• The List of Species Eligble for an Amendment to Schedule 1
  • Status of the recently assessed species and consultation paths
  • Providing comments
  • Table 1: Terrestrial species recently assessed by COSEWIC eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification
  • Table 2: Terrestrial species recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)
• The COSEWIC Summaries of Terrestrial Species Eligible for Addition or Reclassification on Schedule 1
• Indexes
  • Species by Common Name
  • Species by Scientific Name
  • Species by Province and Territory of Occurrence
• Glossary

Cover photo credits:

Yukon Draba © Yukon Government, Gerry Mussgnug
Magnum Mantleslug © Kristiina Ovaska
Grizzly Bear (Western population) © Gordon Court

Title page photo credits:

Background photo:
Magnum Mantleslug habitat © Robert Forsyth

Foreground, large photo:
Western Screech-Owl © Stephen R. Cannings

Small photos, left to right:
Collared Pika © John Nagy
Hairy Prairie-clover © Nature Saskatchewan, Candace Elchuk
Behr's Hairstreak © Jennifer Heron
Northern Dusky Salamander (Carolinian population) © Michael Oldham

Please submit your comments by

March 4, 2013, for terrestrial species undergoing normal consultations

and by

October 4, 2013, for terrestrial species undergoing extended consultations.

For a description of the consultations paths these species will undergo, please visit the Species at Risk Public Registry.

Please email your comments to the Species at Risk Public Registry at: sararegistry@ec.gc.ca

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.