The Minister of the Environment's response to species at risk assessments submitted by COSEWIC on October 9, 2019

Table 1. Terrestrial species (14) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for addition to Schedule 1
(Normal: April 2, 2021 and Extended: September 2, 2021)
Taxon	COSEWIC status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Mosses	Endangered	Carey’s Small Limestone Moss	Seligeria careyana	BC	Normal
Mosses	Endangered	Dalton’s Moss	Daltonia splachnoides	BC	Normal
Mosses	Endangered	Drooping–leaved Beard–moss	Oxystegus recurvifolius	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Columbia Quillwort	Isoetes minima	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Dwarf Hesperochiron	Hesperochiron pumilus	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Hairy Valerian	Valeriana edulis ssp. ciliata	ON	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Hairy Paintbrush	Castilleja tenuis	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Ute Ladies’-tresses	Spiranthes diluvialis	BC	Normal
Birds	Threatened	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	Extended
Lichens	Threatened	White–rimmed Shingle Lichen	Fuscopannaria leucosticta	ON QC NB NS	Normal
Vascular Plants	Threatened	Black Ash	Fraxinus nigra	MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	Extended
Arthropods	Special Concern	American Bumble Bee	Bombus pensylvanicus	ON QC	Normal
Arthropods	Special Concern	Yellow Scarab Hunter Wasp	Dielis pilipes	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Special Concern	Yukon Draba	Draba yukonensis	YT	Extended

Table 2. Terrestrial species (3) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification
(Normal: April 2, 2021 and Extended: September 2, 2021)
Taxon	Proposed change to schedule 1 status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Lichens	From Special Concern to Threatened	Cryptic Paw Lichen	Nephroma occultum	BC	Extended
Reptiles	From Endangered to Special Concern	Greater Short-horned Lizard	Phrynosoma hernandesi	AB SK	Normal
Vascular Plants	From Threatened to Special Concern	Goldenseal	Hydrastis canadensis	ON	Normal

Table 3. Terrestrial species (10) recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)
Taxon	COSEWIC status	Species	Species name	Range
Arthropods	Extirpated	Frosted Elfin	Callophrys irus	ON
Arthropods	Extirpated	Karner Blue	Plebejus samuelis	ON
Reptiles	Extirpated	Pygmy Short-horned Lizard	Phrynosoma douglasii	BC
Arthropods	Endangered	Rapids Clubtail	Phanogomphus quadricolor	ON
Mammals	Endangered	Vancouver Island Marmot	Marmota vancouverensis	BC
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Brook Spike-primrose	Epilobium torreyi	BC
Reptiles	Threatened	Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	ON QC NB NS
Arthropods	Special Concern	Pale Yellow Dune Moth	Copablepharon grandis	AB SK MB
Arthropods	Special Concern	Pygmy Snaketail	Ophiogomphus howei	ON NB
Mammals	Special Concern	Polar Bear	Ursus maritimus	YT NT NU MB ON QC NL Arctic Ocean

Table 4. Aquatic species (17) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada with consultations to be conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1)
Taxon	COSEWIC status	Species	Species name	Range
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt) population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2 population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (North Thompson, Stream, Spring population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (North Thompson, Stream, Summer population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Endangered	Chinook Salmon (East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (marine)	Endangered	Shortfin Mako (Atlantic population)	Isurus oxyrinchus	NB NL NS PEI QC Atlantic Ocean
Mammals (marine)	Endangered	Sei Whale (Atlantic population)	Balaenoptera borealis	Atlantic Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Threatened	Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Ocean, Fall population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Threatened	Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Threatened	Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr) population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (Anadromous)	Threatened	Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Summer population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean
Fishes (freshwater)	Threatened	Lake Chub (Liard Hot Springs populations)	Couesius plumbeus	BC
Fishes (freshwater)	Threatened	Lake Chub (Atlin Warm Springs populations)	Couesius plumbeus	BC
Fishes (Anadromous)	Special Concern	Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring population)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	BC Pacific Ocean

Table 5. Aquatic species (3) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification
Taxon	Proposed change to schedule 1 status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Fishes (freshwater)	From Threatened to Endangered	Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia small-bodied population)	Osmerus mordax	NB	Status change for which there will be no consultations
Fishes (freshwater)	From Threatened to Endangered	Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia large-bodied population)	Osmerus mordax	NB	Status change for which there will be no consultations
Mammals (marine)	From Threatened to Special Concern	Fin Whale (Pacific population)	Balaenoptera physalus	Pacific Ocean	Not applicable

Table 6. Aquatic species (5) recently reassessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species status confirmations)
Taxon	Status confirmations	Species	Species name	Range
Fishes (freshwater)	Extirpated	Gravel Chub	Erimystax x-punctatus	ON
Fishes (freshwater)	Extirpated	Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	ON
Fishes (freshwater)	Endangered	Nooksack Dace	Rhinichthys cataractae	BC
Mammals (marine)	Special Concern	Fin Whale (Atlantic population)	Balaenoptera physalus	Atlantic Ocean
Mammals (marine)	Special Concern	Sowerby's Beaked Whale	Mesoplodon bidens	Atlantic Ocean

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