Species at risk: latest publications and news

Publications

July 2024

• 2024-07-11 A Species at Risk Act section 11 Conservation Agreement to Support the Recovery of the Southern Resident Killer Whale
• 2024-07-11 Amended Recovery Strategy for the Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) and the Unisexual Ambystoma, Jefferson Salamander dependent population (Ambystoma laterale - (2) jeffersonianum) in Canada [Final version]
• 2024-07-11 Amended Recovery Strategy for the Spotted Owl caurina subspecies (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2024-07-11 Management Plan for Pitcher’s Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in Canada [Final version]
• 2024-07-03 Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act: SOR/2024-135

June 2024

• 2024-06-29 Notice of intent to develop an emergency order to provide for the protection of Caribou, Boreal population (boreal caribou) in Quebec under section 80 of the Species at Risk Act
• 2024-06-24 Northern Brook Lamprey (Saskatchewan – Nelson River population): Consultations on listing under the Species at Risk Act
• 2024-06-19 Discussion Paper: Proposed scope of an Order under section 80 of the Species at Risk Act to provide for the Protection of Caribou, Boreal population (Rangifer tarandus)
  • 2024-06-19 Addressing Imminent Threats to Boreal Caribou in Quebec – Consultation Survey
• 2024-06-19 Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act (Chestnut-collared Longspur and Nine Other Wildlife Species): SOR/2024-123
• 2024-06-18 Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana), Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations, in Canada [Proposed]
• 2024-06-13 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) : Your obligations as a property owner
• 2024-06-07 Management Plan for the Northern Sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) in Canada (Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence Populations)
• 2024-06-07 Progress report on steps taken for protection of critical habitat for species at risk in Canada (October 2023 – March 2024)

May 2024

• 2024-05-16 Scientific Assessment of Federal and Provincial Frameworks for the Conservation of Boreal Caribou in Ontario
• 2024-05-10 Report on the Progress of the Recovery Strategy Implementation (Period 2017-2022) and the Action Plan Implementation (Period 2018-2023) for Caribou (Rangifer tarandus), Boreal Population, in Canada
• 2024-05-08 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Northern Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus) and Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor), and Management Plan Implementation for Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) in Canada for the Period 2013 to 2018

News

2024

• 2024-06-20 Canada is supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and pollinators in southern Ontario
• 2024-06-19 Following the Government of Quebec’s failure, the federal government begins consultations on an emergency order to protect caribou
• 2024-05-16 Federal and Ontario governments agree to significant collaboration on caribou conservation
• 2024-05-10 Government of Canada releases report on national efforts toward Boreal Caribou recovery
• 2024-03-12 Canada and Ontario commit to significant collaboration on shared nature conservation goals
• 2024-03-11 Governments of Canada and Ontario join together to announce funding and collaboration for conservation areas in Ontario
• 2024-03-04 Empowering key regional environmental groups to protect habitats and species at risk in Quebec and across Canada
• 2024-03-04 List of 56 Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk projects 2023–2024
• 2024-02-14 Government of Canada invests $3 million in citizen science and open data for birds and biodiversity
• 2024-01-31 Forty-two Indigenous-led conservation projects across Canada receive federal funding to protect more nature

2022

• 2022-03-31 Bill S-6, An Act respecting regulatory modernization

2020

• 2020-08-04 Government of Canada protecting species-at-risk habitat in British Columbia