Tag: SARA

June 4, 2018

World’s largest protected boreal forest established in Alberta

Collaboration between the Tallcree Tribal Government, Nature Conservancy Canada, Syncrude Canada and the governments of Alberta and Canada has led to the establishment of the Birch River Wildland Provincial Park....

May 30, 2018

Midland painted turtle considered a species at risk

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada has declared the Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of special concern under the Species at Risk Act....

May 15, 2018

British Columbia begins species at risk legislation consultation

The Canadian province of British Columbia has announced public consultations for new species at risk legislation. The Species at Risk Act is similar to the American Endangered Species Act in...

November 8, 2017

Canadian provinces miss deadline for caribou protection

The federal deadline for nine Canadian provinces and territories to release their plans to conserve woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) passed on Oct. 5, 2017. Not a single one met...

August 10, 2017

Proposal released to recover Canadian boreal caribou

A proposed action plan was released in late July by Environment and Climate Change Canada to recover and conserve the boreal population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). The plan...

April 5, 2016

Seven species, one action plan

Parks Canada is building a single action plan to address seven resident species listed under the Species at Risk Act – including the woodland caribou – in Jasper National Park....