Slender bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) proposed recovery strategy 2016
Official title: Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Canada – 2016 [Proposed]
Species at Risk Act
Recovery Strategy Series
Adopted under Section 44 of SARA
Slender Bush-clover
2016
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Additions and Modifications to the Adopted Document
- 1. COSEWIC Species Assessment Information
- 2. Species Status Information
- 3. Recovery Feasibility Summary
- 4. Threats
- 5. Population and Distribution Objectives
- 6. Broad Strategies and General Approaches to Meet Objectives
- 7. Critical Habitat
- 8. Measuring Progress
- 9. Statement on Action Plans
- 10. Effects on the Environment and Other Species
- References
- Appendix A: Subnational Conservation Ranks of the Slender Bush-Clover (Lespedeza Virginica) in Canada and the United States
Document Information
Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Canada – 2016 [Proposed]
Recommended citation:
Environment Canada. 2016. Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Canada [Proposed]. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment Canada, Ottawa. 23 pp. + Annexes.
For copies of the recovery strategy, or for additional information on species at risk, including the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) Status Reports, residence descriptions, action plans, and other related recovery documents, please visit the Species at Risk (SAR) Public Registry.
Cover illustration: © Thomas G. Barnes @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
Également disponible en français sous le titre
« Programme de rétablissement de la lespédèze de Virginie (Lespedeza virginica) au Canada [Proposition] »
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Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Canada – 2016
Under the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk (1996), the federal, provincial, and territorial governments agreed to work together on legislation, programs, and policies to protect wildlife species at risk throughout Canada.
In the spirit of cooperation of the Accord, the Government of Ontario has given permission to the Government of Canada to adopt the Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Ontario (Part 2) and the Slender Bush-clover – Ontario Government Response StatementFootnote1 (Part 3) under Section 44 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).Environment Canada has included a federal addition (Part 1) which completes the SARA requirements for this recovery strategy.
The federal recovery strategy for the Slender Bush-clover in Canada consists of three parts:
- Part 1 – Federal Addition to the Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Ontario, prepared by Environment Canada.
- Part 2 – Recovery Strategy for the Slender Bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Ontario, prepared by Judith Jones for the Ontario Ministry of Natural ResourcesFootnote2.
- Part 3 – Slender Bush-Clover – Ontario Government Response Statement, prepared by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
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