• The Species at Risk Act (French: Loi sur les espèces en péril, SARA) is a piece of Canadian federal legislation which became law in Canada on December...
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    under Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Species listed on SARA Schedule I receive federal legal protections under the Act, including the protection...
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    political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, invasive species, and climate change. The International...
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  • least at risk of those three categories. They may be used interchangeably in most contexts however, as all vulnerable species are threatened species (vulnerable...
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  • wildlife species at risk of extinction. In the 2002 Species at Risk Act, COSEWIC was appointed as the body to identify and assess a species status. Although...
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    sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction...
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    marshes are also home to numerous species at risk as designated under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Bird species include the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)...
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  • assesses and designates which wild species are in some danger of disappearing from Canada. Under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), it is up to the federal...
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    Bull trout (category IUCN Red List vulnerable species)
    Threatened Species. The Saskatchewan-Nelson Rivers population in Alberta, Canada is listed as threatened under the Species at Risk Act. Like other species of...
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    Magnolia acuminata (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    the cucumber tree is listed as an endangered species and is protected under the Canadian Species at Risk Act. In 1993 The North American Native Plant Society...
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    Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations, Wildlife Area Regulations, and Species at Risk Act.[citation needed] Prior to 2006 the Canadian Wildlife Service was...
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    the List of Wildlife Species at Risk in accordance with the Canadian Species at Risk Act. About 65% of Canada’s resident species are considered "Secure"...
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  • Both of these plants are listed as Endangered in Canada under the Species at Risk Act. In 2008, the RBG was designated as an Important Amphibian and Reptile...
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    is also known to have some species which are included on the BC Species at Risk Act and The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada...
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    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled...
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  • Protection Act, Species at Risk Act, The National Energy Board Act, the Canadian Oil and Gas Operations Act, the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, the Fisheries...
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  • Safety and Control Act Fisheries Act Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 Species at Risk Act Trust and Loan Companies Act Bank Act Cooperative Credit...
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    Greater sage-grouse (category IUCN Red List near threatened species)
    Council on behalf of the Minister of the Environment, under the Species at Risk Act, annexed an emergency order for the protection of the greater sage-grouse...
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    human activities, invasive species and environmental issues in the country, there are currently more than 800 species at risk of being lost. About 65 percent...
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    American badger (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    cougar's diet might surprise you". Usa Today. "Species at Risk Act: List of Wildlife Species at Risk". Archived from the original on April 19, 2013....
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    forests. It provides habitats for approximately 50 species protected under the Canadian Species at Risk Act, including the endangered piping plover, and the...
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    Eastern wolf (category NatureServe imperiled species)
    is listed as Canis lupus lycaon under the Species At Risk Act 2002, Schedule 1 - List of Wildlife at Risk. In 2015, the Committee on the Status of Endangered...
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    Common snapping turtle (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    Canada, it is listed as "Special Concern" in the Species at Risk Act in 2011 and is a target species for projects that include surveys, identification...
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    Deepwater sculpin (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    it is considered a species at risk under the Species at Risk Act. Threats include habitat loss, lake eutrophication, invasive species, and water pollution...
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  • Species At Risk Act, Canadian legislation to protect endangered or threatened organisms and their habitats Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act...
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    Western pond turtle (category IUCN Red List vulnerable species)
    found in Canada (in British Columbia), but in May 2002, the Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the Pacific pond turtle as being extirpated. Its genus classification...
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    updated Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Pest Control Products Act, and the Species At Risk Act. In foreign policy, Chrétien ordered Canadian...
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    Northern bottlenose whale (category IUCN Red List near threatened species)
    Canada's Species at Risk Act as endangered. This population is the focus of a long-term research project conducted by the Whitehead Lab, at Dalhousie...
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    North Atlantic right whale (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
    U.S. Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act and Canada's Species at Risk Act. There are an estimated 356 individuals in existence in the...
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    American chestnut (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
    large trees in Northern Michigan. The species is listed as endangered in Canada under the Species at Risk Act. American chestnuts are also susceptible...
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