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Information Notice:

Title:
Request for additional information to be considered in the development of recovery strategies for ten species under the Endangered Species Act, 2007.
 
EBR Registry Number:   011-7073
Ministry:
Ministry of Natural Resources
Date Information Notice loaded to the Registry:
September 14, 2012
 
 

Members of the public are invited to submit information relevant to the preparation of recovery strategies for the species at risk referred to in this notice.

 
Keyword(s):   Fish and Wildlife  |  Water  |  Protected Areas  |  Forests  |  Conservation

This notice is for your information. The Environmental Bill of Rights does not require this notice to be placed on the Environmental Registry, however, section 6 of the Act does allow the Environmental Registry to be used to share information about the environment with the public.

 

Rationale for Exemption to Public Comment:

As recovery strategies prepared under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 represent advice to government, they are exempt from the requirement to be posted on the Environmental Registry for public comment. However, the Ministry of Natural Resources is requesting public input to ensure that the best available information is considered in the development of recovery strategies. The MNR is seeking scientific information, including information obtained from community and Aboriginal traditional knowledge that can be considered by recovery strategy authors when finalizing the recovery strategies listed below.

Description:

The public and Aboriginal communities are invited to provide comments on the draft recovery strategies for the following species to ensure that they are based on the best available scientific information, including community and Aboriginal traditional knowledge:

• Allegany Mountain Dusky Salamander and Northern Dusky Salamander (Endangered)
• American Water-willow (Threatened)
• Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (Endangered)
• Hine’s Emerald (Endangered)
• Hungerford’s Crawling Water Beetle (Endangered)
• Nodding Pogonia (Endangered)
• Pygmy Snaketail (Endangered)
• Red Mulberry (Endangered)
• Wild Hyacinth (Threatened)

Please provide information on the species listed above by Monday, October 15, 2012. This may include information related to the biology and distribution of a species, its habitat, threats, and/or approaches for protection and recovery. The draft strategies are available on the ministry’s species at risk website (link provided below).

Comments provided will be considered by the recovery strategy authors, along with all other available information, to develop the final recovery strategies. Once final recovery strategies are received by MNR, they will be published on the ministry’s species at risk website concurrently with a proposal on the Environment Registry. The proposal will solicit input to be considered in the development of government response statements.

Opportunities to comment on the potential impacts of implementing protection or recovery approaches as well as the areas for consideration in developing habitat regulations will be provided during the development of the government response statements and habitat regulations.

Purpose if the notice:

To inform the public of recovery strategies that have been drafted and to solicit scientific information, including community knowledge and aboriginal traditional knowledge that may be relevant to the final preparation of these strategies.

Other Information:

Information on these species can be submitted:

By email at recovery.planning@ontario.ca
By fax at 705-755-5483
By mail at:

Amelia Argue
Species at Risk Biologist
Species at Risk Branch
300 Water Street
Peterborough, ON
K9J 8M5

The following web links provide additional information.

• Draft recovery strategies http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Species/2ColumnSubPage/264191.html  
• The Endangered Species Act, 2007
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_07e06_e.htm  
• MNR Species at Risk website
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Species/index.html

Please Note: All submissions received will become part of the public record. You will not receive a formal response to your submission, however, comments received as part of the public participation process for this notice will be considered by the recovery strategy authors.

 

Contact:

Amelia Argue
Species at Risk Biologist
Ministry of Natural Resources
Policy Division
Species at Risk Branch
300 Water Street
Floor 2
Robinson Place South Tower
Peterborough Ontario
K9J 8M5
Phone: (705) 755-5233
Fax: (705) 755-5483


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