Species at risk: latest publications and news

Publications

August 2025

• 2025-08-27 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) in Canada for the Period 2015 to 2022
• 2025-08-15 Agreement for the conservation of the Woodland Caribou, Southern Mountain population between governments of Canada and McLeod Lake Indian Band
• 2025-08-14 Recovery Strategy for the Carolina Mantleslug (Philomycus carolinianus) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2025-08-13 Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act (Certain Wildlife Species of Red Knot and Four Other Wildlife Species)
• 2025-08-13 Management Plan for the Cutlip Minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2025-08-13 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in Canada for the Period 2015 to 2020
• 2025-08-12 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Round Hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda) and Kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus fasciolaris) in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2023
• 2025-08-05 Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana), Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations, in Canada
• 2025-08-05 Report on the Progress of Action Plan Implementation for the Hotwater Physa (Physella wrighti) in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2022
• 2025-08-05 Report on the Progress of Action Plan Implementation for the Western Brook Lamprey, Morrison Creek population (Lampetra richardsoni) in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2022
• 2025-08-04 Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus): management plan progress report, July 2025
• 2025-08-02 Description of critical habitat of Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee in Kluane National Park of Canada

July 2025

• 2025-07-28 Consultation on the listing of Atlin Warm Springs and Liard Hot Springs Lake Chub under the Species at Risk Act
• 2025-07-26 Description of Spotted Owl caurina subspecies critical habitat in the Widgeon Valley National Wildlife Area
• 2025-07-25 Management Plan for the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2025-07-25 Recovery Strategy for the Striped Whitelip (Webbhelix multilineata) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2025-07-17 Management Plan for the Magdalen Islands Grasshopper (Melanoplus madeleineae) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2025-07-12 Description of Ivory Gull critical habitat in the Naujavaat Bird Sanctuary

June 2025

• 2025-06-21 Description of critical habitat of Quebec Rockcress in Forillon National Park of Canada
• 2025-06-19 Recovery Strategy for the Oregon Branded Skipper (Hesperia colorado oregonia) in Canada [Proposed]
• 2025-06-18 Species at Risk Act Annual Report to Parliament for 2023
• 2025-06-14 Description of Blanding’s Turtle, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population critical habitat in 11 wildlife areas and Rideau Bird Sanctuary
• 2025-06-14 Description of Spiny Softshell critical habitat in the Big Creek National Wildlife Area, Long Point National Wildlife Area, St. Clair National Wildlife Area, Couvée Islands Bird Sanctuary, Île aux Hérons Bird Sanctuary, and Philipsburg Bird Sanctuary
• 2025-06-14 Notice of intent — Evaluation by Environment and Climate Change Canada of the ongoing need for the emergency order for the protection of the Western Chorus Frog (La Prairie, Candiac, Saint-Philippe)
• 2025-06-11 Progress Report on Steps Taken for Protection of Critical Habitat for Species at Risk in Canada (October 2024 to March 2025)
• 2025-06-11 Plains Sucker (Saskatchewan-Nelson population): Consultations on listing under the Species at Risk Act
• 2025-06-05 Amended Recovery Strategy for the Spotted Owl caurina subspecies (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Canada [Final version]
• 2025-06-05 Recovery Strategy for the Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus bohemicus) in Canada [Final version]
• 2025-06-05 Recovery Strategy for the Quebec Rockcress (Boechera quebecensis) in Canada [Final version]
• 2025-06-04 COSEWIC List of wildlife species assessed (including October 2024)
• 2025-06-04 Polar Bear SARA Management Plan Progress Report (as of May 30, 2025)
• 2025-06-04 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Pacific Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) in Canada for the Period 2016 to 2022

News

2025

• 2025-06-13 The Ville de Longueuil (the city of Longueuil) ordered to pay $30,000 for damaging or destroying at least one Bobolink nest
• 2025-04-30 Two Quebec-based companies and two individuals fined a total of $35,000 for violating the Species at Risk Act
• 2025-01-17 The Minister of the Environment's Response to Species at Risk Assessments submitted by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) on October 21, 2024
• 2025-01-15 Government of Canada designates Nova Scotia’s Country Island, Isle Haute, and St. Paul Island as Canada’s newest National Wildlife Areas

2024

• 2024-12-13 The Commission de la capitale nationale was ordered to pay a total of $75,000 for having violated the Species at Risk Act
• 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