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The Minister of the Environment's Response to Species at Risk Assessments Submitted by COSEWIC in 2011

Table 1: Terrestrial species recently assessed by COSEWIC eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification
Status Taxon Species Scientific Name Range Consultation path
Endangered Lichens Batwing Vinyl Lichen Leptogium platynum BC Normal
Endangered Mosses Roell’s Brotherella Moss Brotherella roellii BC Normal
Endangered Arthropods Hine’s Emerald Somatochlora hineana ON Normal
Endangered Arthropods Hungerford’s Crawling Water Beetle Brychius hungerfordi ON Normal
Endangered Arthropods Macropis Cuckoo Bee Epeoloides pilosulus NS Normal
Endangered Arthropods Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus BC Normal
Endangered Arthropods Skillet Clubtail Gomphus ventricosus NB Normal
Threatened Lichens Crumpled Tarpaper Lichen Collema coniophilum BC Normal
Threatened Birds Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Extended
Threatened Birds Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna ON QC NB NS Extended
Special Concern Lichens Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea NB NS NL Normal
Special Concern Lichens Peacock Vinyl Lichen Leptogium polycarpum BC Normal
Special Concern Arthropods Dune Tachinid Fly Germaria angustata YT Normal
Up-list from Special Concern to Extirpated Amphibians Spring Salamander (Carolinian population) Footnotea Gyrinophilus porphyriticus ON Normal
Up-list from Special Concern to Endangered Birds Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea ON QC Extended
Up-list from Special Concern to Threatened Amphibians Spring Salamander (Adirondack / Appalachian population) Footnotea Gyrinophilus porphyriticus QC Normal
Up-list from Special Concern to Threatened Birds Barn Owl (Western population) Tyto alba BC Normal
Up-list from Threatened to Endangered Amphibians Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum ON Normal
Up-list from Threatened to Endangered Reptiles Butler’s Gartersnake Thamnophis butleri ON Normal
Down-list from Endangered to Special Concern Vascular Plants Pitcher’s Thistle Cirsium pitcheri ON Normal
Down-list from Threatened to Special Concern Vascular Plants Dwarf Lake Iris Iris lacustris ON Normal
Down-list from Threatened to Special Concern Vascular Plants Lyall’s Mariposa Lily Calochortus lyallii BC Normal
Down-list from Endangered to Threatened Vascular Plants Purple Twayblade Liparis liliifolia ON QC Normal
Down-list from Endangered to Threatened Vascular Plants Showy Goldenrod (Boreal population) Footnotea Solidago speciosa ON Normal


Table 2: Terrestrial species recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)
Status Taxon Species Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Extirpated Reptiles Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Mosses Poor Pocket Moss Fissidens pauperculus BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Furbish’s Lousewort Pedicularis furbishiae NB None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Long’s Braya Braya longii NL None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Nodding Pogonia Triphora trianthophoros ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Seaside Birds-foot Lotus Lotus formosissimus BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Showy Goldenrod (Great Lakes Plains population) Footnoteb Solidago speciosa ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Skinner’s Agalinis Agalinis skinneriana ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Small Whorled Pogonia Isotria medeoloides ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Southern Maidenhair Fern Adiantum capillus-veneris BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants White Prairie Gentian Gentiana alba ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Arthropods Taylor’s Checkerspot Euphydryas editha taylori BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Amphibians Blanchard’s Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Amphibians Oregon Spotted Frog Rana pretiosa BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Reptiles Desert Nightsnake Hypsiglena chlorophaea BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Birds Barn Owl (Eastern population) Tyto alba ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Birds Henslow’s Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii ON QC None; status confirmation
Endangered Birds King Rail Rallus elegans ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Birds Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus BC AB SK None; status confirmation
Endangered Birds White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus BC None; status confirmation
Threatened Mammals Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus BC None; status confirmation
Special Concern Birds Barrow’s Goldeneye (Eastern population) Bucephala islandica QC NB PE NS NL None; status confirmation
Special Concern Birds Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus BC AB SK None; status confirmation
Special Concern Mammals Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus ON None; status confirmation
Special Concern Mammals Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum ON QC None; status confirmation


Table 3: Aquatic species recently assessed or reassessed by COSEWIC with consultation conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification)
Status Taxon Species Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Anticosti Island population) Salmo salar Quebec, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Eastern Cape Breton population) Salmo salar Nova Scotia, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Nova Scotia Southern Upland population) Salmo salar Nova Scotia, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Outer Bay of Fundy population) Salmo salar New Brunswick, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes Eulachon (Central Pacific Coast population) Thaleichthys pacificus British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes Eulachon (Fraser River population) Thaleichthys pacificus British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Extended
Endangered Molluscs Hickorynut Obovaria olivaria Ontario, Quebec Extended
Threatened Mammals Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus British Columbia Extended
Threatened Fishes Atlantic Salmon (South Newfoundland population) Salmo salar Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Threatened Fishes Atlantic Sturgeon (Maritimes populations) Acipenser oxyrinchus New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Threatened Fishes Atlantic Sturgeon (St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser oxyrinchus Quebec, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Threatened Fishes Mountain Sucker (Milk River populations) Catostomus platyrhynchus Alberta, Saskatchewan Extended
Special Concern Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Gaspe-Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population) Salmo salar Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Special Concern Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Inner St. Lawrence population) Salmo salar Quebec, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Special Concern Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Quebec Eastern North Shore population) Salmo salar Quebec, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Special Concern Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Quebec Western North Shore population) Salmo salar Quebec, Atlantic Ocean Extended
Special Concern Fishes Dolly Varden (Western Arctic populations) Salvelinus malma malma Yukon, Northwest Territories Normal
Special Concern Fishes Mountain Sucker (Pacific populations) Catostomus platyrhynchus British Columbia Normal
Special Concern Mammals Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) Hyperoodon ampullatus Atlantic Ocean Extended
Special Concern Fishes Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Ontario, Quebec Normal
Up-list from Special Concern to Endangered Molluscs Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel Gonidea angulata British Columbia Normal
Up-list from Special Concern to Threatened Fishes Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis Ontario Extended
Down-list from Threatened to Special Concern Mammals Humpback Whale (North Pacific population) Megaptera novaeangliae Pacific Ocean Normal
Down-list from Threatened to Special Concern Fishes Shorthead Sculpin Cottus confusus British Columbia Normal


Table 4: Aquatic species recently reassessed by COSEWIC (species status confirmations)
Status Taxon Species Scientific name Range Consultation Path
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population) Salmo salar New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Ocean None; status confirmation
Endangered Fishes Atlantic Whitefish Coregonus huntsmani Nova Scotia None; status confirmation
Endangered Mammals Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population) Hyperoodon ampullatus Atlantic Ocean None; status confirmation
Endangered Molluscs Salamander Mussel Simpsonaias ambigua Ontario None; status confirmation
Special Concern Fishes Columbia Sculpin Cottus hubbsi British Columbia None; status confirmation
Special Concern Molluscs Olympia Oyster Ostrea lurida British Columbia, Pacific Ocean None; status confirmation

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