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CENTRAL WELLAND RIVER WATERSHED PLANSpecies at RiskA Species at Risk is “any plant or animal threatened by, or vulnerable to extinction”(MNR No Date). In Ontario, species at risk are governed by two bodies; Committee onthe Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and the Committee on theStatus of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO).COSEWIC is an independent body responsible for identifying species that areconsidered to be at risk in Canada. COSEWIC reports their findings to the federalgovernment. The federal governmentthen determines which at-risk speciesqualify for protection under the SpeciesAt Risk Act (EC 2003). COSSARO isan independent review body made upof up to 11 members from the publicand private sectors; at least 5 of themembers must be non-OMNRmembers. A species status designationmay differ from COSEWIC andCOSSARO because their vulnerabilitychanges depending on the geographicscale. All species status designations given by COSEWIC will also be given an equal orgreater status designation by COSSARO; a higher status indicates that there is a greaterconcern for a species province-wide than nation-wide. In addition, a species may havebeen given a status designation by COSSARO and not from COSEWIC because theremay only be a province-wide vulnerability.In Ontario, over 185 native species have been given official status designations by theOMNR (OMNR No Date). Currently, several legislative and policy tools protect speciesat risk in Ontario. For instance, the Provincial Policy Statement (MMAH 2005) affordshabitat protection for listed species by stating “Development and site alteration shall notbe permitted in: significant habitat of endangered species and threatened species”(Section 2.1.3).In May 2007, Bill 184, Ontario‟s new Endangered Species Act, (MNR 2007) made it toRoyal Ascent in Ontario. It replaced Ontario‟s previous Endangered Species Act (1971)in June 2008. Bill 184 states:“If a species is listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as an endangered orthreatened species, the Bill prohibits damaging or destroying the habitat of the species.This prohibition also applies to an extirpated species if the species is prescribed byregulations. The regulations may specifically prescribe an area as the habitat of aspecies but, if no habitat regulation is in force with respect to a species, “habitat” isdefined to mean an area on which the species depends, directly or indirectly, to carry onits life processes”.The OMNR status definitions for species designations range from extinct (no longerexists anywhere) to data deficient (insufficient information for status recommendation). Inthe Central Welland River Watershed Plan study area, endangered, threatened andspecies of special concern have been documented by the OMNR and the NPCA (Table3).70
CENTRAL WELLAND RIVER WATERSHED PLANTable 3: Listed Species at Risk in the Central Welland River WatershedCOSEWIC COSSARO Taxon Common Scientific NameStatus(Federal)Status(Provincial)NameEndangered-R Endangered-R Vascular SpottedChimaphila maculataPlants WintergreenEndangered Endangered-R Vascular Cucumber Tree Magnolia acuminataPlantsEndangered Endangered Vascular Butternut Juglans cinereaPlantsEndangered Endangered Vascular Flowering Cornus floridaPlants DogwoodEndangered Endangered Vascular American Castanea dentataPlants ChestnutEndangered Special Concern Reptiles Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttataThreatened Threatened Vascular Common Hop Ptelea trifoliataPlants TreeThreatened Threatened Reptiles EasternElaphe obsoletaRatsnakeThreatened Threatened Birds Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilisThreatened Threatened Reptiles Massasauga Sistrurus catenatusRattlesnakeThreatened Threatened Vascular Round-leaved Smilax rotundifoliaPlants GreenbrierThreatened Threatened Reptiles Stinkpot Sternotherus odoratusThreatened Threatened Vascular White Wood Eurybia divaricataPlants AsterThreatened Threatened Reptiles Blanding‟s Turtle Emydoidea blandingiiThreatened Threatened Reptiles Eastern hognosedHeterodon platirhinosSnakeThreatened Threatened Mammals Grey Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteusThreatened No Status Molluscs Mapleleaf Mussel Quadrula quadrulaSpecial Concern Special Concern Fishes Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellusSpecial Concern Special Concern VascularPlantsBroad BeechFernPhegopterishexagonopteraSpecial Concern Special Concern Reptiles EasternThamnophis sauritusRibbonsnakeSpecial Concern Special Concern Reptiles Eastern Milk Lampropeltis triangulumSnakeSpecial Concern Special Concern Fishes Grass Pickerel Esox americanusvermiculatusSpecial Concern Special Concern Vascular Swamp RosemallowHibiscus moscheutosPlantsSpecial Concern Special Concern Mammals Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorumSpecial Concern Special Concern Birds Yellow-breasted Icteria virens virensChatNo Status Special Concern Birds Black Tern Chlidonias nigerSpecial Concern Special Concern Birds Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus71
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