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 6 October 2015

Table 1: Terrestrial species assessed as at risk by COSEWIC and now eligible for addition to Schedule 1 (19 species)
Species	Taxon	COSEWIC Status	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Black Swift	Birds	Endangered	Cypseloides niger	BC AB	Normal
Black-foam Lichen	Lichens	Threatened	Anzia colpodes	ON QC NB NS	Normal
Broad-banded Forestsnail	Molluscs	Endangered	Allogona profunda	ON	Normal
Caribou (Newfoundland population)	Mammals	Special Concern	Rangifer tarandus	NL	Extended
Cassin's Auklet	Birds	Special Concern	Ptychoramphus aleuticus	BC Pacific Ocean	Normal
Eastern Box Turtle	Reptiles	Extirpated	Terrapene carolina	ON	Normal
Fascicled Ironweed	Vascular Plants	Endangered	Vernonia fasciculata	MB	Normal
Griscom’s Arnica	Vascular Plants	Threatened	Arnica griscomii ssp. griscomii	QC NL	Normal
Limber Pine	Vascular Plants	Endangered	Pinus flexilis	BC AB	Normal
Prairie Rattlesnake	Reptiles	Special Concern	Crotalus viridis	AB SK	Normal
Proud Globelet	Molluscs	Endangered	Patera pennsylvanica	ON	Normal
Red-necked Phalarope	Birds	Special Concern	Phalaropus lobatus	YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Sable Island Sweat Bee	Arthropods	Threatened	Lasioglossum sablense	NS	Normal
Spiked Saxifrage ^{Table Footnotea}	Vascular Plants	Special Concern	Micranthes spicata	YT	Normal
Tall Beakrush	Vascular Plants	Endangered	Rhynchospora macrostachya	NS	Normal
Tiny Tassel	Mosses	Special Concern	Crossidium seriatum	BC	Normal
Vivid Dancer	Arthropods	Special Concern	Argia vivida	BC AB	Normal
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee	Arthropods	Special Concern	Bombus terricola	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	Normal
Yukon Podistera	Vascular Plants	Special Concern	Podistera yukonensis	YT	Normal

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Footnote a

The Spiked Saxifrage was originally assessed by COSEWIC as Threatened in May 2013. However, COSEWIC advised the Minister that it must reassess this species, due to new information that was not available at the time of the assessment. This was communicated to Environment Canada when the December 2013 consultation document was already in production and, as a consequence, the Spiked Saxifrage was included in the document, but no consultations were held. COSEWIC reassessed the Spiked Saxifrage in May 2015 as Special Concern, and the species is included in the current consultation document as a terrestrial species eligible for an addition to Schedule 1 of SARA.

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Table 2: Terrestrial species on Schedule 1 that have been reassessed by COSEWIC at a different status and are now eligible for a reclassification (6 species)
Species	Taxon	Proposed Status change	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Blue Ash	Vascular Plants	From Special Concern to Threatened	Fraxinus quadrangulata	ON	Normal
Eastern Wolf	Mammal	From Special Concern to Threatened	Canis sp. cf. lycaon	ON QC	Extended
Phantom Orchid	Vascular Plants	From Threatened to Endangered	Cephalanthera austiniae	BC	Normal
Poweshiek Skipperling	Arthropods	From Threatened to Endangered	Oarisma poweshiek	MB	Normal
Small White Lady's-slipper	Vascular Plants	From Endangered to Threatened	Cypripedium candidum	MB ON	Normal
Toothcup (Great Lakes Plains population) ^{Table Footnoteb}	Vascular Plants	From Endangered to Threatened	Rotala ramosior	ON	Normal

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Footnote b

The Toothcup is currently listed as Endangered under SARA as a single species. In November 2014, COSEWIC split the species into two designatable units, namely the Southern Mountain populations and the Great Lakes Plains population, and respectively assessed them as Endangered and Threatened. If Schedule 1 is amended to reflect COSEWIC’s split and assessment, there would be no status change for the Southern Mountain population (remains Endangered), and the Great Lakes Plains population would be downlisted from Endangered to Threatened. SARA prohibitions would remain in effect, and recovery documents would still be prepared for both populations of the species.

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Table 3. Terrestrial species on Schedule 1 that have been reassessed by COSEWIC at the same status (20 species, status confirmations – no consultations)
Species	Taxon	Status	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Ancient Murrelet	Birds	Special Concern	Synthliboramphus antiquus	BC	None; status confirmation
Banded Cord-moss	Mosses	Special Concern	Entosthodon fascicularis	BC	None; status confirmation
Boreal Felt Lichen (Atlantic population)	Lichens	Endangered	Erioderma pedicellatum	NB NS	None; status confirmation
Boreal Felt Lichen (Boreal population)	Lichens	Special Concern	Erioderma pedicellatum	NL	None; status confirmation
Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population)	Mammals	Endangered	Rangifer tarandus	QC	None; status confirmation
Caribou (Boreal population)	Mammals	Threatened	Rangifer tarandus	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NL	None; status confirmation
Columbian Carpet Moss	Mosses	Special Concern	Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum	BC	None; status confirmation
Ermine haidarum subspecies	Mammals	Threatened	Mustela erminea haidarum	BC	None; status confirmation
Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population)	Lichens	Special Concern	Sclerophora peronella	NS	None; status confirmation
Northern Red-legged Frog	Amphibians	Special Concern	Rana aurora	BC	None; status confirmation
Ottoe Skipper	Arthropods	Endangered	Hesperia ottoe	MB	None; status confirmation
Red Mulberry	Vascular Plants	Endangered	Morus rubra	ON	None; status confirmation
Spotted Bat	Mammals	Special Concern	Euderma maculatum	BC	None; status confirmation
Spotted Turtle	Reptiles	Endangered	Clemmys guttata	ON QC	None; status confirmation
Toothcup (Southern Mountain population) ^{Table Footnotec}	Vascular Plants	Endangered	Rotala ramosior	BC	None; status confirmation
Townsend's Mole	Mammals	Endangered	Scapanus townsendii	BC	None; status confirmation
Twisted Oak Moss	Mosses	Special Concern	Syntrichia laevipila	BC	None; status confirmation
Western Rattlesnake	Reptiles	Threatened	Crotalus oreganus	BC, Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Western Skink	Reptiles	Special Concern	Plestiodon skiltonianus	BC	None; status confirmation
White Flower Moth	Arthropods	Endangered	Schinia bimatris	MB	None; status confirmation

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Table 4: Aquatic species assessed as at risk by the COSEWIC and now eligible for addition to Schedule 1; consultations to be conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (3 species)
Species	Taxon	COSEWIC Status	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Black Redhorse	Fishes (freshwater)	Threatened	Moxostoma duquesnei	ON	Extended
Winter Skate (Eastern Scotian Shelf - Newfoundland population)	Fishes (marine)	Endangered	Leucoraja ocellata	Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Winter Skate (Gulf of St. Lawrence population)	Fishes (marine)	Endangered	Leucoraja ocellata	Atlantic Ocean	Extended

Table 5: Aquatic species on Schedule 1 that have been reassessed by COSEWIC at a different status and are now eligible for a reclassification (2 species)
Species	Taxon	Proposed Status change	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence Estuary population)	Mammals (marine)	From Threatened to Endangered	Delphinapterus leucas	QC, Atlantic Ocean	No consultations: this change in status will have no impact on protections or prohibitions
Warmouth	Fishes (freshwater)	From Special Concern to Endangered	Lepomis gulosus	ON	Extended

Table 6: Aquatic species on Schedule 1 that have been reassessed by COSEWIC at the same status (4 species, status confirmations – no consultations)
Species	Taxon	Status	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Grass Pickerel	Fishes (freshwater)	Special Concern	Esox americanus vermiculatus	ON QC	None; status confirmation
North Pacific Right Whale	Mammals (marine)	Endangered	Eubalaena japonica	Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Shortnose Sturgeon	Fishes (freshwater)	Special Concern	Acipenser brevirostrum	NB NS	None; status confirmation
Spotted Sucker	Fishes (freshwater)	Special Concern	Minytrema melanops	ON	None; status confirmation

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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 6 October 2015

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