ECCC has posted on the SAR Registry an Order Amending Schedule to SARA

The Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act: SOR/2023-16 for Peary Caribou and 12 other terrestrial species and the Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act: SOR/2023-17 for Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius and 16 other terrestrial species were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on Wednesday February 15, 2023.

You can find the Order and the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for the Peary Caribou and 12 other terrestrial species at:

https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2023/2023-02-15/html/sor-dors16-eng.html

You can find the Order and the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for the Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius and 16 other terrestrial species at:

https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2023/2023-02-15/html/sor-dors17-eng.html

The following species are included in the Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act: SOR/2023-16 for Peary Caribou and 12 other terrestrial species:

Reclassifications under Schedule 1 of SARA:

·       Peary Caribou (threatened). Range: NWT, NU

·       Greater Short-horned Lizard (special concern). Range: AB, SK

The following species are included in the Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act: SOR/2023-17 for Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius and 16 other terrestrial species:

Additions to Schedule 1 of SARA:

·       Nine-spotted Lady Beetle (endangered). Range: AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK

·       Harris’s Sparrow (special concern). Range: AB, MB, NWT, NU, ON, SK.

Reclassifications under Schedule 1 of SARA:

·       Common Nighthawk (special concern). Range: All

·       Olive-sided Flycatcher (special concern). Range: All

Removed from Schedule 1 of SARA:

·       Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius. Range: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NWT, NS, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT

CORRECTION: There is an error in the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for the Listing Order with Peary Caribou and 12 other species.