Species at risk: latest publications and news
Publications
September 2025
- 2025-09-27 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 Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield Population (Longueuil)
- 2025-09-26 Scientific Review of Terrestrial Habitat Modelling to Support the Identification of Terrestrial Critical Habitat for the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- 2025-09-22 Recovery Strategy for the Plains Minnow (Hybognathus placitus) in Canada
- 2025-09-24 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Wavyrayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola) in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2023
- 2025-09-13 Description of Chestnut-collared Longspur critical habitat in the Longspur National Wildlife Area
- 2025-09-13 Description of critical habitat of Chestnut-collared Longspur in Grasslands National Park of Canada
- 2025-09-13 Description of Slender Mouse-ear-cress critical habitat in the Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area and Great Sandhills National Wildlife Area
- 2025-09-13 Description of Sprague’s Pipit and Swift Fox critical habitat in the Longspur National Wildlife Area
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
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