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Environment Canada is inviting you to comment on the proposed amendment to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA): the List of Wildlife Species at Risk. The public comment period for this amendment will end on March 1, 2010 for the normal consultation period. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has recommended the addition of 14 terrestrial species to the legal list, and the change of risk status (i.e. from Threatened to Endangered) of one other terrestrial species already on the list. In addition, COSEWIC assessments have confirmed the existing Schedule 1 risk status of eleven other terrestrial species already listed. Of the terrestrial species proposed for addition or risk status change on the legal list, four are known to occur Atlantic Canada: CONSULTATION PERIOD (ending March 1 2010) Cobblestone Tiger Beetle Pygmy Snaketail Addition: Endangered Addition: Special Concern Whip-poor-will Snapping Turtle Addition: Threatened Addition: Special Concern For further details about this consultation opportunity, please refer to the document Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act: Terrestrial Species – December 2009 available online at: https://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca Your observations and comments on the potential consequences of listing of the species are important. All contributions will be reviewed, assessed and considered in the Minister of the Environment’s decision to add species to Schedule 1, to not add species to Schedule 1, or to refer species back to COSEWIC for further assessment. Should you have any comments, please send them by e-mail to: sararegistry@ec.gc.ca. By regular mail, please address your comments to: Director General |
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