Minister Response: COSEWIC species at risk assessments - November 2022

Official title: The Minister of the Environment's Response to Species at Risk Assessments submitted by COSEWIC on November 2, 2022

Table 1. Terrestrial species (9) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for addition to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

Consultation periods:

Normal: May 31, 2023
Extended: October 31, 2023

Table 1
Taxon	COSEWIC status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Arthropods	Endangered	Vancouver Island Shieldback	Steiroxys strepens	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Meadow Thistle (Mingan population)	Cirsium scariosum	QC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Meadow Thistle (Rocky Mountain population)	Cirsium scariosum	BC, AB	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Pumpkin Ash	Fraxinus profunda	ON	Normal
Arthropods	Threatened	Northern Oak Hairstreak	Satyrium favonius ontario	ON	Normal
Reptiles	Threatened	Sharp–tailed Snake (Pacific Coast population)^{Footnote 1}	Contia tenuis	BC	Normal
Arthropods	Special Concern	Dukes’ Skipper	Euphyes dukesi	ON	Normal
Arthropods	Special Concern	Johnson’s Hairstreak	Callophrys johnsoni	BC	Extended
Vascular Plants	Special Concern	Dense Draba	Draba pycnosperma	QC, NL	Normal

Table 2. Terrestrial species assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification (8) or a removal (1) from Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

Consultation periods:

Normal: May 31, 2023
Extended: October 31, 2023

Table 2
Taxon	Proposed change to schedule 1 status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Arthropods	From Endangered to Threatened	Dusky Dune Moth	Copablepharon longipenne	AB, SK, MB	Normal
Reptiles	From Endangered to Threatened	Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)	Pantherophis vulpinus	ON	Normal
Reptiles	From Endangered to Threatened	Eastern Foxsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)	Pantherophis vulpinus	ON	Normal
Arthropods	From Endangered to Special Concern	Skillet Clubtail	Gomphurus ventricosus	ON, QC, NB, NS	Normal
Birds	From Threatened to Special Concern	Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI, NL	Extended
Mammals	From Threatened to Special Concern	American Marten (Newfoundland population)	Martes americana atrata	NL	Normal
Vascular Plants	From Threatened to Special Concern	Eastern False Rue-anemone^{Footnote 2}	Enemion biternatum	ON	Normal
Vascular Plants	From Threatened to Special Concern	Victorin’s Gentian	Gentianopsis virgata subsp. victorinii	QC	Normal
Lichens	From Threatened to Not at Risk	Seaside Bone Lichen	Hypogymnia heterophylla	BC	Normal

Table 3. Terrestrial species (11) recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)

Note: No consultation for these species

Table 3
Taxon	COSEWIC status	Species	Scientific name	Range
Birds	Extirpated	Greater Prairie–Chicken	Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus	AB, SK, MB, ON
Birds	Extirpated	Greater Sage-Grouse phaios subspecies	Centrocercus urophasianus phaios	BC
Mammals	Extirpated	Black–footed Ferret	Mustela nigripes	AB, SK
Mosses	Extirpated	Incurved Grizzled Moss	Ptychomitrium incurvum	ON
Amphibians	Endangered	Northern Leopard Frog (Rocky Mountain population)	Lithobates pipiens	BC
Birds	Endangered	Greater Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies	Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus	AB, SK
Birds	Endangered	Mountain Plover	Charadrius montanus	AB, SK
Birds	Endangered	Sage Thrasher	Oreoscoptes montanus	BC, AB, SK
Reptiles	Endangered	Sharp–tailed Snake (Coast Mountains population)^{Footnote 3}	Contia tenuis	BC
Molluscs	Special Concern	Threaded Vertigo	Vertigo rowellii^{Footnote 4}	BC
Vascular Plants	Special Concern	Victorin's Water-hemlock	Cicuta maculata var. victorinii	QC

Table 4. Aquatic species (9) 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)

Note: For consultation date, please consult Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Table 4
Taxon	Cosewic status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Fishes (Freshwater)	Special Concern	Brassy Minnow (Pacific population)	Hybognathus hankinsoni	BC	Normal
Fishes (Freshwater)	Special Concern	Brassy Minnow (Western Arctic population)	Hybognathus hankinsoni	AB, BC	Normal
Fishes (Freshwater)	Special Concern	Brassy Minnow (Missouri population)	Hybognathus hankinsoni	AB, SK	Normal
Fishes (Freshwater)	Threatened	Eastern Sand Darter (West Lake population)	Ammocrypta pellucida	ON	Normal
Mammals (Marine)	Special Concern	Harbour Porpoise (Northwest Atlantic population)	Phocoena phocoena	NB, NFLD, NS, NU, PEI, QC, Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Fishes (Marine)	Special Concern	Sockeye Salmon (Alouette-ES population)	Oncorhynchus nerka	BC, Pacific Ocean	Extended
Fishes (Marine)	Special Concern	Sockeye Salmon (Coquitlam-ES population)	Oncorhynchus nerka	BC, Pacific Ocean	Extended
Fishes (Marine)	Endangered	Sockeye Salmon (Momich-ES population)	Oncorhynchus nerka	BC, Pacific Ocean	Extended
Fishes (Marine)	Endangered	Sockeye Salmon (Fraser-ES population)	Oncorhynchus nerka	BC, Pacific Ocean	Extended

Table 5. Aquatic species (2) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification (1) or a removal (1) from Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

Note: For consultation date, please consult Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Table 5
Taxon	Proposed change to schedule 1 status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Fishes (Freshwater)	Threatened to Special Concern	Eastern Sand Darter (Quebec population)	Ammocrypta pellucida	QC	Normal
Mammals (Marine)	Extirpated to Extinct	Grey Whale (Atlantic population)	Eschrichtius robustus	Atlantic Ocean	Normal

Table 6. Aquatic species (3) recently reassessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species status confirmations)

Note: No consultation for these species

Table 6
Taxon	Status confirmations	Species	Species name	Range
Mammals (Marine)	Special Concern	Sea Otter	Enhydra lutris	BC, Pacific Ocean
Molluscs (Freshwater)	Extirpated	Dwarf Wedgemussel	Alasmidonta heterodon	NB
Fishes (Freshwater)	Threatened	Eastern Sand Darter (Southwestern Ontario population)	Ammocrypta pellucida	ON

Footnotes

Footnote 1

New population structure, currently listed on SARA Schedule 1 as Sharp-tailed Snake

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Footnote 2

Name change, currently listed on SARA Schedule 1 as False Rue-anemone

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Footnote 3

New population structure, currently listed on SARA Schedule 1 as Sharp-tailed Snake

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Footnote 4

Scientific name change, currently listed on SARA Schedule 1 as Nearctula sp.

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Date modified:: 2022-12-16

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