Species At Risk

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Species At Risk
Heather Felskie SAR Extension, PFRA
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AAFC-PFRA Managed Lands

• PFRA has 85 Community Pastures (929,000 hectares)
  
• PFRA manages land surrounding dams and irrigation
  lands in all of the 3 Prairie Provinces

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Terrestrial Ecoregions
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Globally Up to 3
species become extinct daily

• More than 5,000 animals
• Nearly 34,000 plants

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Canadas Ecoregions
Source State of the Environment, Environment
Canada
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1 Limiting Factor

• Habitat Loss-Habitat Fragmentation

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Invasive Species
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A true species at risk
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COSEWIC (Committee On the Status of Endangered
Wildlife In Canada)
Canada

• 415 species as At Risk
• Extinct (12)
• Extirpated (21)
• Endangered (141)
• Threatened (99)
• Special Concern (142)

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Saskatchewan SAR Legislation

• National Accord signed in 1996
• Provincial and federal governments agreed to
  establish complementary legislation for legal
  protection of endangered and threatened species
• Provincial Wildlife Act amended in 1997 and 1998
  to legally designate, list and protect plants and
  animals deemed at risk in SK

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Species At Risk Act

• The purposes of this enactment are to prevent
  Canadian indigenous species, subspecies and
  distinct populations of wildlife from becoming
  extirpated or extinct, to provide for the
  recovery of endangered or threatened species, to
  encourage the management of other species to
  prevent them from becoming at risk.

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Species At Risk Act

• SARA may come into play on private/ provincial
  lands, as a safety net, only if the responsible
  minister deems that not enough is being done by
  the province to protect SAR
• Federal lands include National Parks, AAFC
  lands, EC lands, DND lands, and First Nations
  lands

• SARA will impact
• Federal Lands

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The Big 3 of SARA
1. Protection of individual
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The Big 3 of SARA
2. Protection of residence
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The Big 3 of SARA
3. Protection of Critical Habitat
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What is Critical Habitat?

• The needs of a species for survival and also for
  recovery
• Critical Habitat sets the Federal legislation
  apart from Provincial Legislation
• National Recovery teams will advise the competent
  minister on the definition of Critical Habitat
  for each of the SAR

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Where is the ACT?
First Reading
Second Reading
Committee Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
Royal Assent
Senate Stage
SARA is expected to be proclaimed in 2 parts June
5, 2003 June 1, 2004.
Proclamation
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Regulations for compensation and enforcement are
being developed at this time.

• Enforcement
• No at this time have been allocated to
  enforcement development
• No policy exists for SARA enforcement to date
• In 2003 more than 14 Million will be available
  for stewardship conservation issues

• Compensation
• SARA states that compensation may be given if a
  loss of revenue is experienced when protecting
  SAR
• Compensation will only be used as a last resort
  after stewardship has failed

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Canada vs. U.S.

• Canadas SARA (2003)
• Protects individuals, homes, critical habitat
• Stewardship focus
• Individuals can request investigations
• compensation

• U.S. Endangered Species Act (1973)
• Protects individuals, homes, critical habitat
• Penalties for violating the Act
• for furnishing information leading to arrest
  and conviction for any violation

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Ferruginous Hawk
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Eastern Short-horned Lizard
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Monarch
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Western Spiderwort
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Ords Kangaroo Rat
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Wolverine
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For More Information
Saskatchewans Species At Risk www.serm.gov.sk.ca

• SARA
• Environment Canada www.ec.gc.ca
• Parliament Web Site www.parl.gc.ca