Species at risk: latest publications and news

Publications

December 2024

• 2024-12-06 Recovery Strategy for the Columbia Quillwort (Isoetes minima), Dwarf Hesperochiron (Hesperochiron pumilus), and Hairy Paintbrush (Castilleja tenuis) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2024-12-04 Multi-species Action Plan for Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada and National Historic Sites Administered by Parks Canada on PEI [proposed]
• 2024-12-04 Progress report on steps taken for protection of critical habitat for species at risk in Canada (April 2024 to September 2024)

November 2024

• 2024-11-29 Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca): imminent threat assessment 2024
• 2024-11-28 Action Plan for the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas), St. Lawrence Estuary Population in Canada [Proposed]
• 2024-11-20 Sei Whale (Atlantic population): Consultation on listing under the Species at Risk Act
• 2024-11-18 Proposed Agreement for the Conservation of the Woodland Caribou, Southern Mountain Population Between Governments of Canada and McLeod Lake Indian Band
• 2024-11-14 Amended Recovery Strategy for the Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) and the Unisexual Ambystoma, Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population (Ambystoma laterale - texanum) in Canada [Final version]
• 2024-11-05 Recovery Strategy for the Pugnose Shiner (Notropis anogenus) in Canada
• 2024-11-05 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy and Action Plan Implementation for the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) in Canada for the Period 2013 to 2021

October 2024

• 2024-10-21 COSEWIC annual report 2023 to 2024
• 2024-10-21 COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) in Canada
• 2024-10-21 COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Gray-cheeked Thrush minimus subspecies (Catharus minimus minimus) in Canada
• 2024-10-21 COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Killer Whale Orcinus orca, Southern Resident population, Northern Resident population, West Coast Transient population, Offshore population and Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population, in Canada
  • See more documents posted on October 21, 2024
• 2024-10-11 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy and Action Plan Implementation for the Bolander’s Quillwort (Isoetes bolanderi) in Canada (2018 to 2022)
• 2024-10-10 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) in Canada for the Period 2017 to 2022
• 2024-10-09 Critical Habitat of the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Order: Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 2
• 2024-10-02 Policy on Assessing Imminent Threats under Sections 29 and 80 of the Species at Risk Act – terrestrial species

News

2024

• 2024-09-06 Supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and other species at risk in Ontario and across Canada
• 2024-08-30 Government of Canada invests more than $4.9 million to protect significant habitats in Mauricie
• 2024-08-21 Canadian and Colombian Environment Ministers Meet to Share International Leadership Ambition on Nature and Biodiversity
• 2024-08-07 Canada invests over $12.5 million to increase conserved areas primarily in southern Ontario
• 2024-07-18 Protecting nature in British Columbia and across Canada to help fight climate change and protect biodiversity
• 2024-07-08 A Quebec company was fined $12,500 for destroying nests of Bank Swallows, a threatened species
• 2024-07-08 Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announce new priority place to conserve species at risk
• 2024-06-27 Government of Canada announces funding for Indigenous communities to protect species at risk and their habitats
• 2024-06-20 Canada is supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and pollinators in southern Ontario
• 2024-06-19 Following the Government of Quebec’s failure, the federal government begins consultations on an emergency order to protect caribou
• 2024-05-16 Federal and Ontario governments agree to significant collaboration on caribou conservation
• 2024-05-10 Government of Canada releases report on national efforts toward Boreal Caribou recovery
• 2024-03-12 Canada and Ontario commit to significant collaboration on shared nature conservation goals
• 2024-03-11 Governments of Canada and Ontario join together to announce funding and collaboration for conservation areas in Ontario
• 2024-03-04 Empowering key regional environmental groups to protect habitats and species at risk in Quebec and across Canada
• 2024-03-04 List of 56 Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk projects 2023–2024
• 2024-02-14 Government of Canada invests $3 million in citizen science and open data for birds and biodiversity
• 2024-01-31 Forty-two Indigenous-led conservation projects across Canada receive federal funding to protect more nature

2022

• 2022-03-31 Bill S-6, An Act respecting regulatory modernization