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The Minister of the Environment's Response to Species at Risk Assessments submitted by COSEWIC on 24 October 2017

Table 1. Terrestrial species (13) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for addition to Schedule 1
Normal: May 22, 2018
Extended: October 22, 2018
Taxon COSEWIC status Species Scientific name Range Consultation path
Lichens Endangered Golden-eye Lichen (Great Lakes population) Teloschistes chrysophthalmus ON Normal
Mammals Endangered Caribou (Eastern Migratory population) Rangifer tarandus MB ON QC NL Extended
Mammals Endangered Caribou (Torngat Mountains population) Rangifer tarandus NU QC NL Extended
Molluscs Endangered Eastern Banded Tigersnail Anguispira kochi kochi ON Normal
Birds Threatened Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys AB SK MB Normal
Mammals Threatened Caribou (Barren-ground population) Rangifer tarandus YT NT NU AB SK MB Extended
Arthropods Special Concern Magdalen Islands Grasshopper Melanoplus madeleineae QC Normal
Arthropods Special Concern Transverse Lady Beetle Coccinella transversoguttata YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Normal
Birds Special Concern Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Normal
Birds Special Concern Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula NT NU AB SK MB ON Normal
Lichens Special Concern Golden-eye Lichen (Prairie / Boreal population) Teloschistes chrysophthalmus MB ON Normal
Reptiles Special Concern Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer sayi AB SK Normal
Vascular Plants Special Concern Long's Bulrush Scirpus longii NS Normal
Table 2. Terrestrial species (8) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification or delisting
Taxon Proposed change to Schedule 1 Status Species Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Birds From Threatened to Endangered Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus BC Pacific Ocean Normal
Reptiles From Threatened to Endangered Blanding's Turtle (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Emydoidea blandingii ON QC Normal
Arthropods From Special Concern to Endangered Monarch Danaus plexippus NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Extended
Reptiles From Endangered to Threatened Western Painted Turtle (Pacific Coast population) Chrysemys picta bellii BC Normal
Vascular Plants From Endangered to Threatened Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata ON QC Normal
Vascular Plants From Threatened to Special Concern Anticosti Aster Symphyotrichum anticostense QC NB Normal
Mosses From Endangered to Special Concern Rusty Cord-moss Entosthodon rubiginosus BC SK Normal
Arthropods From Special Concern to Not at Risk Sonora Skipper Polites sonora BC Delist
Table 3. Terrestrial species (12) recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)
Taxon COSEWIC Status Species Species name Range
Arthropods Endangered Gold-edged Gem Schinia avemensis AB SK MB
Birds Endangered Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia BC AB SK MB
Birds Endangered Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea ON
Mammals Endangered Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii AB SK
Mosses Endangered Nugget Moss Microbryum vlassovii BC
Reptiles Endangered Blanding's Turtle (Nova Scotia population) Emydoidea blandingii NS
Vascular Plants Endangered Butternut Juglans cinerea ON QC NB
Vascular Plants Endangered Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera praeclara MB
Birds Special Concern Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL
Mammals Special Concern Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii subspecies Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii BC
Reptiles Special Concern Western Painted Turtle (Intermountain - Rocky Mountain population) Chrysemys picta bellii BC
Vascular Plants Special Concern American Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum ON
Table 4. Aquatic species (12) 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 Consultation Path
Fishes (freshwater) Endangered Lake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) Acipenser fulvescens AB SK MB ON Extended
Fishes (freshwater) Endangered Lake Sturgeon (Western Hudson Bay populations) Acipenser fulvescens SK MB Extended
Fishes (marine) Endangered Chinook Salmon (Okanagan population) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha BC Pacific Ocean Extended
Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser fulvescens ON QC Extended
Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Pygmy Whitefish (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Prosopium coulterii ON Normal
Fishes (marine) Threatened Coho Salmon (Interior Fraser population) Oncorhynchus kisutch BC Pacific Ocean Extended
Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern Deepwater Sculpin (Waterton Lake population)Table footnote1 Myoxocephalus thompsonii AB Normal
Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern Lake Sturgeon (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations) Acipenser fulvescens MB ON QC Normal
Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern Pygmy Whitefish (Waterton Lake population)Table footnote1 Prosopium coulterii AB Normal
Fishes (marine) Special Concern Shortfin Mako (Atlantic population) Isurus oxyrinchus QC NB PE NS NL
Atlantic Ocean		 No consultation proposed, COSEWIC has requested a refer back.
Mammals (marine) Special Concern Atlantic Walrus (Central / Low Arctic population) Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus NU MB QC NL
Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean		 Extended
Mammals (marine) Special Concern Atlantic Walrus (High Arctic population) Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus NU Arctic Ocean Extended
Table 5. Aquatic species (6) 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 Channel Darter (Lake Erie populations)Table footnote2 Percina copelandi ON Normal
Fishes (freshwater) From Threatened to Endangered Channel Darter (Lake Ontario populations)Table footnote2 Percina copelandi ON Normal
Molluscs From Endangered to Threatened Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population) Quadrula quadrula MB Status change for which there will be no consultations
Molluscs From Endangered to Special Concern Eastern Pondmussel Ligumia nasuta ON Normal
Molluscs From Threatened to Special Concern Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population) Quadrula quadrula ON Normal
Fishes (freshwater) From Threatened to Special Concern Channel Darter (St. Lawrence populations)Table footnote2 Percina copelandi ON QC Normal
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) Endangered Shortnose Cisco Coregonus reighardi ON
Fishes (freshwater) Endangered Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus BC
Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations) Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi AB
Fishes (freshwater) Special concern Deepwater Sculpin (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Myoxocephalus thompsonii ON QC
Fishes (freshwater) Special concern Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Pacific populations) Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi BC

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