Species at risk: 3-year posting plan for recovery documents
Last update July 25, 2025
Under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the competent Minister(s) must post a recovery strategy on the Species at Risk Public Registry within 1 year of listing a species as endangered on Schedule 1 of SARA and within 2 years of listing a species as extirpated or threatened. A management plan must be posted within 3 years for a species listed as special concern. The competent Minister(s) in respect of a recovery strategy must prepare one or more action plans on the Species at Risk Public Registry based on the recovery strategy.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is responsible for leading the development of recovery strategies and management plans for 334 of the 521 species currently listed on Schedule 1 of SARA. As of April 1, 2014, proposed recovery strategies or management plans for 189 species under the responsibility of Environment and Climate Change Canada had not yet been posted. An additional three species were added to Schedule 1 of SARA as announced on December 17, 2014. Environment and Climate Change Canada has developed an expedited plan to post proposed recovery strategies and management plans for these 192 species over three years in a prioritized manner based on consideration of immediate threats and population declines as well as program priorities and information availability.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Three-Year Recovery Document Posting Plan identifies the species for which recovery documents will be posted each fiscal year starting in 2014-2015. Posting this three year plan on the Species at Risk Public Registry is intended to provide transparency to partners, stakeholders, and the public about Environment and Climate Change Canada’s plan to develop and post these proposed recovery strategies and management plans. However, both the number of documents and the particular species that are posted in a given year may change slightly due to a variety of circumstances.
Recovery Document Type: RS – Recovery Strategy; MP – Management Plan
SARA Status: EN – Endangered; TH – Threatened; EX – Extirpated; SC – Special Concern
Posted: ✔ – published; - – not published
| Species Common Name and Population | Species Range | SARA Status
|
Recovery
Document Type |
Posted
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaline Wing-nerved Moss | BC, SK | TH
|
RS
|
-
|
| American Badger jeffersonii ssp. | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Aweme Borer | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Barren-ground Caribou, Dolphin / Union pop. | NT, NU | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Bent Spike-rush, Southern Mountain pop. |
BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Bicknell's Thrush | QC, NB, NS | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Blue Racer | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Blue-grey Taildropper Slug | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Branched Bartonia | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Chimney Swift | SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Crooked-stem Aster | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Dun Skipper, W. pop. | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Eastern Foxsnake, Carolinian pop. | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Eastern Foxsnake, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence pop. |
ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Eastern Persius Duskywing | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Eastern Wolf | ON, QC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Edwards' Beach Moth | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| False Rue-anemone | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Ferruginous Hawk | AB, SK, MB | TH
|
RS
|
-
|
| Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth | AB | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Frosted Elfin | ON | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Gattinger's Agalinis | MB, ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Goldenseal | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Gray Ratsnake, Carolinian pop. | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Gray Ratsnake, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence pop. | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Great Basin Gophersnake | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Great Basin Spadefoot | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Greater Prairie-Chicken | AB, SK, MB, ON | EX
|
RS
|
-
|
| Greater Sage-Grouse phaios ssp. | BC | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Grey Fox | MB, ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Hairy Prairie-clover | SK, MB | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Illinois Tick-trefoil | ON | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Juniper Sedge | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Karner Blue | ON | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Lake Erie Watersnake | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Large Whorled Pogonia | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Mormon Metalmark, Southern Mountain pop. |
BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Non-pollinating Yucca Moth | AB | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Northern Bobwhite | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Pacific Gophersnake | BC | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Peary Caribou | NT, NU | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Polar Bear | YT, NT, NU, MB, ON, QC, NL, Arctic_Ocean | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Pygmy Short-horned Lizard | BC | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Red-headed Woodpecker | SK, MB, ON, QC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Round-leaved Greenbrier, Great Lakes Plains pop. | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Sharp-tailed Snake | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Showy Phlox | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Small-mouthed Salamander | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Tiger Salamander, Southern Mountain pop. |
BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Vancouver Island Marmot | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Victoria's Owl-clover | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Wallis’ Dark Saltflat Tiger Beetle | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Weidemeyer's Admiral | AB | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Western Blue Flag | AB | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Western Painted Turtle, Intermountain - Rocky Mountain pop. | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Western Painted Turtle, Pacific Coast pop. | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Western Rattlesnake | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Western Screech-Owl kennicottii ssp. | BC | SC
|
MP
|
-
|
| Western Screech-Owl macfarlanei ssp. | BC | EN
|
RS
|
-
|
| White Wood Aster | ON, QC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Species Common Name and Population | Species Range | SARA Status | Recovery Document Type |
Posted
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander, Carolinian pop. | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| American Chestnut | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| American Columbo | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| American Ginseng | ON, QC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Band Tailed Pigeon | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Barn Owl, E. pop. | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Barn Owl, W. pop. | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Bert's Predaceous Diving Beetle | AB | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Bird's-foot Violet | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Blanding's Turtle, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence pop. |
ON, QC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Butler's Gartersnake | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Cherry Birch | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | AB, SK, MB | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Cliff Paintbrush | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Coastal Giant Salamander | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Coastal Tailed Frog | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Coeur d'Alene Salamander | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Desert Nightsnake | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Dwarf Woolly-heads, Prairie pop. | AB, SK | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Eastern Musk Turtle | ON, QC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Great Blue Heron fannini ssp. | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Lewis's Woodpecker | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Little Brown Myotis | YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Lyall's Mariposa Lily | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Mexican Mosquito-fern | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Mountain Holly Fern | BC, QC, NL | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Nodding Pogonia | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle | ON, QC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Northern Leopard Frog, Rocky Mountain pop. |
BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Northern Map Turtle | ON, QC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Northern Myotis | YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Northern Red-legged Frog | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Oldgrowth Specklebelly Lichen | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Pacific Pond Turtle | BC | EX
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Pale Yellow Dune Moth | AB, SK, MB | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Pallid Bat | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Peregrine Falcon anatum / tundrius ssp. | YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Peregrine Falcon pealei ssp. | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Phantom Orchid | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Prairie Skink | MB | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Purple Twayblade | ON, QC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Pygmy Pocket Moss | ON, QC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Queensnake | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Rapids Clubtail | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Red Knot islandica ssp. | NT, NU | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Red Knot roselaari type | YT, NT, BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Red Knot rufa ssp. | NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Rubber Boa | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Rusty-patched Bumble Bee | ON, QC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Seaside Bone Lichen | BC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Short-eared Owl | YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Slender Bush-clover | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Small-flowered Lipocarpha | BC, ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Snapping Turtle | SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Spalding's Campion | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Spiny Softshell | ON, QC | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Spotted Turtle | ON, QC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Streambank Lupine | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Tall Bugbane | BC | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Threaded Vertigo | BC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Tri-colored Bat | ON, QC, NB, NS | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Verna's Flower Moth | AB, SK, MB | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Virginia Goat's-rue | ON | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Western Silvery Aster | MB, ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Western Toad | YT, NT, BC, AB | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Whitebark Pine | BC, AB | EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Wild Hyacinth | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Willowleaf Aster | ON | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Wood Bison | YT, NT, BC, AB, MB | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Wood Turtle | ON, QC, NB, NS | TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Woodland Vole | ON, QC | SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Species Common Name and Population | Species Range | SARA Status | Recovery Document Type |
Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Murrelet | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Behr's (Columbia) Hairstreak | BC |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Bent Spike-rush, Great Lakes population |
ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Black-footed Albatross | Pacific Ocean |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Blue Ash | ON |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Bogbean Buckmoth | ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Canada Warbler | YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Colicroot | ON |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Common Nighthawk | YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Dense Blazing Star | ON |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Drooping Trillium | ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Dusky Dune Moth | AB, SK, MB |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Eastern Mole | ON |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Eastern Ribbonsnake, Great Lakes population |
ON, QC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Five-lined Skink, Carolinian pop. | ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Golden-winged Warbler | MB, ON, QC |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Greater Short-horned Lizard | AB, SK |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Half-moon Hairstreak | BC, AB |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Houghton's Goldenrod | ON |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Jefferson Salamander | ON |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Kentucky Coffee-tree | ON |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Loggerhead Shrike Prairie ssp. | AB, SK, MB |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| McCown's Longspur | AB, SK |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Milksnake | ON, QC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Monarch | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Mountain Beaver | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii ssp. | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Ogden's Pondweed | ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Oregon Forestsnail | BC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Oregon Spotted Frog | BC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Pacific Water Shrew | BC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Pale-bellied Frost Lichen | ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Porsild's Bryum | NU, BC, AB, NL |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Redroot | NS |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Riddell's Goldenrod | MB, ON |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog | BC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Rough Agalinis | MB |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Rusty Blackbird | YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS, NL |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Sage Thrasher | BC, AB, SK |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Scarlet Ammannia | BC, ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Smooth Goosefoot | AB, SK, MB |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Sonora Skipper | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Spotted Bat | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Spotted Wintergreen | ON, QC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Toothcup | BC, ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Townsend's Mole | BC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Tubercled Spike-rush | NS |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Tuberous Indian-plantain | ON |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Vancouver Island Beggarticks | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Virginia Mallow | ON |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Vole Ears Lichen | NB, NS, NL |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Warty Jumping-slug | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Western Chorus Frog, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence pop. |
ON, QC |
TH
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Western Harvest Mouse dychei ssp. | AB |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Western Harvest Mouse megalotis ssp. | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Western Skink | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Western Yellow-bellied Racer | BC |
SC
|
MP
|
✔
|
| Wolverine, Eastern pop. | QC, NL |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|
| Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis ssp., Southern Mountain pop. |
BC |
EN
|
RS
|
✔
|