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Species at Risk

Species at Risk

• Species at Risk: Overview
• Using Science to Help Protect Species at Risk
• Reintroduction of Species at Risk
• Plants at Risk
• Mammals at Risk
• Birds at Risk
• Reptiles and Amphibians at Risk
• Fish at Risk
• Invertebrates at Risk

Species at Risk: Overview

• Species at Risk: Featured Species
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/eep-sar.aspx
    
    
• Species at Risk Act
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm1.aspx
    
    
• Species at Risk - 3D tours
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/dci/src/3d_e.asp?what=themes&sitename=&theme=sr&btn_state=HTML
    
    
• Ecosystems and Species at Risk
  • This MS Powerpoint presentation can be a great tool for Middle Years and High School teachers, when teaching about Species at Risk
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/eep-sar/index2_e.asp
    
    
• Species at Risk: Recovery Teams to the Rescue! Lesson Plans
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/eco/itm4/pl-lp3/species-especes_E.asp
    
    
• Committed to Wild Ways
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/natcul/natcul2b_e.asp
    
    
• Species At Risk and Canada's Mountain National Parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/natcul/natcul36_e.asp
    
    
• Species at risk
  • Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/Waterton/plan/plan4_e.asp
    
    
• Endangered Species and Spaces
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/natcul/natcul3_e.asp
    
    
• Cape Breton Highlands Species at Risk
  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/cbreton/natcul/natcul1d_e.asp
    
    
• Supporting Science: Species at Risk
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • Fathom Five National Marine Conservation Area
  • http://www.castlebluff.com/bffscience/species_at_risk.html
    
    
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• State of the Park Reports
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/bib-lib/docs5hi.aspx
    
    

Using Scientific Data to Help Protect Species at Risk

• Wood turtle recovery - Using demographic, genetic and habitat-use data, biologists at La Mauricie National Park plan the release of juvenile turtles within the park.
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec8/page1.aspx
    
    
• Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic
  • 2001 Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic -http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2001/sec1.aspx
  • 2002 Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic -http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2002/sec1.aspx
  • 2003 Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic -http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2003/sec1.aspx
    
    
• Blanding's Turtle Monitoring and Research
  • Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/natcul/natcul5a_e.asp
    
    

Reintroduction of Species at Risk

• Home on the Plains
  • Re-introduction of Plains Bison in Canada's Western National Parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/bison/index_e.asp
    
    
• Coming Full Circle - Bison Release
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/ne/ne2_e.asp
    
    
• Born of Open Landscapes
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/ne/ne3_e.asp
    
    
• Reviving the past: Plains bison on the move - Time for Nature, September 13, 2004
  • Prince Albert National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-09-13_e.asp
    
    
• Case Study 7: Bison Have No Boundaries
  • Prince Albert National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm3-guides/vraie-true/etu-stuplan3case7_e.asp
    
    
• Time for Nature: Swift fox: Making a speedy recovery
  • May 31, 2004
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-05-31_e.asp
    
    
• Bringing back the flying squirrel - Time for Nature, August 30, 2004
  • Point Pelee National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-08-30_e.asp
    
    
• Peregrine Falcon: Helping an endangered species take flight - Time for Nature, November 1, 2004
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-11-01_e.asp
    
    
• Restoring the Speckled Trout - Time for Nature, January 12, 2009
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2009/2009-01-12_e.asp
    
    
• A fresh start for the northern leopard frog - Time for Nature, April 28, 2008
  • Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-04-28_e.asp
    
    

Plants at Risk

• Status of the Mountain Fern
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4n_e.asp
    
    
• Monitoring the Mingan Thistle
  • Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mingan/natcul/natcul1-6b2_e.asp
    
    
• Monitoring the Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper
  • Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mingan/natcul/natcul1-6b1_e.asp
    
    
• Fernald's Braya
  • Port au Choix National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3k.aspx

Mammals at Risk

• Distribution and Abundance of the American Marten
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4o_e.asp
    
    
• Newfoundland Marten
  • Terra Nova National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/terranova/natcul/natcul7_e.asp
    
    
• American Badger Lesson Plans
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/badger/index_e.asp
    
    
• Bringing back the badgers - Time for Nature, December 12, 2005
  • Kootenay National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-12-12_e.asp
    
    
• Badger Conservation in Kootenay National Park
  • Kootenay National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng//nature/eep-sar/itm5/eep-sar5a.aspx
    
    
• Black-footed Ferret: Species at Risk
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3j.aspx
    
    
• Wolverine: legendary enigma - A Species of Special Concern
  • Yoho National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/natcul/natcul16_E.asp
    
    
• Return of the Cougar - Parks Canada researchers make positive ID of fabled "ghost" of New Brunswick forests
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page1.aspx
    
    
• Wood Bison
  • Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3u/1.aspx#1
    
    
• "Exporting" Bisons to their historic range - Time for Nature, October 4, 2004
  • Elk Island National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-10-04_e.asp
    
    
• Caribou - a species at risk
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/Jasper/ne/ne8_e.asp
    
    
• Helping caribou survive - Time for Nature, November 22, 2004
  • Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-11-22_e.asp
    
    
• Finding solutions for a species at risk (Caribou) - Time for Nature, November 27, 2006
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-11-27_e.asp
    
    
• A nomad at risk - Eastern Wolf - Time for Nature, February 18, 2008
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-02-18_e.asp
    
    
• The Eastern Wolf
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm5/eep-sar5f.aspx
    
    
• St. Lawrence Beluga Whale - Species at Risk
  • Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3s.aspx
    
    
• Blue Whale (Atlantic population) Species at Risk
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng//nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3y.aspx
    
    

Birds at Risk

• The Piping Plover Monitoring Program
  • Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/natcul/natcul5/i.aspx
    
    
• "Extraordinary Visitors: Endangered Piping Plovers Return to Shallow Bay"
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/ne/ne_e.asp
    
    
• Piping plovers are making a comeback
  • Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page5.aspx
    
    
• Coastal - Protecting Piping Plover
  • Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/pe/pei-ipe/plan/page05_e.asp
    
    
• Peregrine Falcon
  • Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3w/1.aspx#1
    
    
• Saving The Sage Grouse And Its Home! - Time for Nature, June 5, 2002
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2002/ju/index_e.asp
    
    
• Tracking the greater sage grouse - Time for Nature, March 31, 2008
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-03-31_e.asp
    
    
• The Pelicans of Heron Island - Time for Nature, May 16, 2003
  • Prince Albert National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2003/ma/index_e.asp
    
    
• Whooping Crane
  • Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3v/1.aspx#1

Reptiles and Amphibians at Risk

• Radium Hot Springs' Remarkable Rubber Boa
  • Kootenay National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/kootenay/natcul/natcul4_E.asp
    
    
• Helping protect the eastern foxsnake - Time for Nature, May 3, 2004
  • Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-05-03_e.asp
    
    
• Yes, There Are Rattlesnakes In Georgian Bay Islands National Park!
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/georg/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    
• Eastern Massasauga Recovery Team
  • http://www.massasauga.ca/
    
    
• Hangin' out in the islands (Eastern ratsnake) - Time for Nature, May 29, 2006
  • St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-05-29_e.asp
    
    
• The ecology of the eastern ribbonsnake: a well-kept secret - Time for Nature, December 5, 2005
  • Kejimkujik National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-12-05_e.asp
    
    
• Protecting the Massasauga (rattlesnake) - Time for Nature, November 21, 2005
  • Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-11-21_e.asp
    
    
• Giant Steps for the Wood Turtle - Time for Nature, October 18, 2005
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-10-18_e.asp
    
    
• Blanding's Turtle Monitoring and Research
  • Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/natcul/natcul5/a.aspx
    
    
• Elusive Salamander Found
  • Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng//nature/eep-sar/itm2/eep-sar2b.aspx

Fish at Risk

• A recovery team with an urgent task - Endangered Atlantic Salmon - Time for Nature, October 29, 2007
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2007/2007-10-29_e.asp
    
    
• Endangered Salmon
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/natcul/ecolog_e.asp

Invertebrates at Risk

• Banff spring snail - a species at risk
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng//nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3a.aspx