Minister of Environment response to COSEWIC species at risk assessments: October 13, 2016

Table 1: Terrestrial species assessed by COSEWIC eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification (24 species)
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Current Schedule 1 status	Proposed Schedule 1 status	Amendment outcome	Consutlation Path
Vascular Plants	Baikal Sedge	Carex sabulosa	YT	Threatened	Special Concern	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Vascular Plants	Bear’s-foot Sanicle	Sanicula arctopoides	BC	Endangered	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Molluscs	Blue-grey Taildropper	Prophysaon coeruleum	BC	Endangered	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Vascular Plants	Colicroot	Aletris farinosa	ON	Threatened	Endangered	Reclassify the species in a higher risk category	Normal
Vascular Plants	Common Hoptree	Ptelea trifoliata	ON	Threatened	Special Concern	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Lichens	Flooded Jellyskin	Leptogium rivulare	MB ON QC	Threatened	Special Concern	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Arthropods	Hoptree Borer	Prays atomocella	ON	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Reptiles	Lake Erie Watersnake	Nerodia sipedon insularum	ON	Endangered	Special Concern	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Arthropods	Lake Huron Grasshopper	Trimerotropis huroniana	ON	Not listed	Threatened	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Birds	Louisiana Waterthrush	Parkesia motacilla	ON QC	Special Concern	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a higher risk category	Normal
Birds	McCown’s Longspur	Rhynchophanes mccownii	AB SK	Special Concern	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a higher risk category	Normal
Lichens	Mountain Crab-eye	Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides	BC	Not listed	Special Concern	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Arthropods	Nine-spotted Lady Beetle	Coccinella novemnotata	BC AB SK MB ON QC	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Arthropods	Nuttall’s Sheep Moth	Hemileuca nuttallii	BC	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Mammals	Peary Caribou	Rangifer tarandus pearyi	NT NU	Endangered	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Extended
Mosses	Pygmy Pocket Moss	Fissidens exilis	BC ON QC NS	Special Concern	Not at Risk	Remove from SARA Schedule 1	Normal
Molluscs	Pygmy Slug	Kootenaia burkei	BC	Not listed	Special Concern	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Birds	Red Crossbill percna subspecies	Loxia curvirostra percna	QC NL	Endangered	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Molluscs	Sheathed Slug	Zacoleus idahoensis	BC	Not listed	Special Concern	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Reptiles	Spiny Softshell	Apalone spinifera	ON QC	Threatened	Endangered	Reclassify the species in a higher risk category	Normal
Amphibians	Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)	Ambystoma laterale - (2) jeffersonianum	ON	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Amphibians	Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population)	Ambystoma laterale - texanum	ON	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Reptiles	Western Yellow-bellied Racer	Coluber constrictor mormon	BC	Special Concern	Threatened	Reclassify the species in a higher risk category	Extended
Lichens	Wrinkled Shingle Lichen	Pannaria lurida	NB PE NS NL	Not listed	Threatened	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal

Table 2: Terrestrial species reassessed by COSEWIC (5 species; status confirmations – no consultations)
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Current Schedule 1 status	Proposed Schedule 1 status	Amendment outcome	Consutlation Path
Arthropods	Eastern Persius Duskywing	Erynnis persius persius	ON	Endangered	Endangered	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer	Coluber constrictor flaviventris	AB SK	Threatened	Threatened	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Gray Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	ON	Threatened	Threatened	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Northern Rubber Boa	Charina bottae	BC	Special Concern	Special Concern	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Pacific Water Shrew	Sorex bendirii	BC	Endangered	Endangered	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation

Table 3: Aquatic species assessed by COSEWIC eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification (8 species)
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Current Schedule 1 status	Proposed Schedule 1 status	Amendment outcome	Consutlation Path
Fishes (freshwater)	Little Quarry Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	BC	Not listed	Threatened	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Fishes (freshwater)	Little Quarry Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	BC	Not listed	Threatened	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Fishes (freshwater)	Northern Sunfish (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)	Lepomis peltastes	ON QC	Not listed	Special Concern	Add the species to Schedule 1	Normal
Molluscs	Rainbow	Villosa iris	ON	Endangered	Special Concern	Reclassify the species in a lower risk category	Normal
Fishes (freshwater)	River Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)	Percina shumardi	ON	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Molluscs	Shortface Lanx	Fisherola nuttallii	BC	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Fishes (marine)	Sockeye Salmon (Sakinaw population)	Oncorhynchus nerka	BC	Not listed	Endangered	Add the species to Schedule 1	Extended
Fishes (freshwater)	Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	ON	Threatened	Endangered	Reclassify the species in a higher risk category	Normal

Table 4. Aquatic species on Schedule 1 that have been reassessed by COSEWIC at the same status (2 species, status confirmations – no consultations)
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Current Schedule 1 status	Proposed Schedule 1 status	Amendment outcome	Consutlation Path
Mammals (marine)	Harbour Porpoise (Pacific Ocean population)	Phocoena phocoena vomerina	BC	Special Concern	Special Concern	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation
Fishes (freshwater)	River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	ON QC	Special Concern	Special Concern	Current status on Schedule 1 is maintained	None; status confirmation

Minister of Environment response to COSEWIC species at risk assessments: October 13, 2016

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