[All] Province currently crafting Jefferson Salamander recovery strategy

[Lanteigne]

Hi Everyone
The Environmental Bill of Rights registry has just notified me of this listing.
They are going to replace the old recovery plan for Jefferson Salamanders and their hybrids with a new plan.
Yet again we can reasonably state it is premature to consider any land uses for Hidden Valley at this time. 

Lulu 
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Summary: We are proposing to develop species-specific policies (government response statements) that outline the actions we intend to lead and support to protect and recover six species at risk in Ontario: four salamander species (Jefferson, Small-mouthed and two dependent Unisexual Ambystoma species), Nine-spotted Lady Beetle and River Darter.

Species at risk in Ontario

In Ontario, once a species is listed as endangered or threatened, there is a process for gathering information and developing policy guidance to support each species.

We first engage external individuals and organizations with expertise on the species to write recovery strategies. These documents form the foundation of scientific advice and can include knowledge from the public, stakeholders and Indigenous communities and organizations.

Once recovery strategies are finalized, we have to develop a government response statement for each recovery strategy. Each government response statement is a species-specific policy that provides our goal for the recovery of the species and a summary of the prioritized actions we intend to lead and support in response to the associated recovery strategy.

Learn more about species at risk in Ontario.

Proposed government response statements 

We are proposing government response statements in relation to recovery strategies for the following six species:
   
   - Jefferson Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population) (combined policy)
   - Nine-spotted Lady Beetle
   - River Darter 
   - Small-mouthed Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population) (combined policy)

The combined government response statement for Jefferson Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population) builds on and replaces the existing government response statement for Jefferson Salamander (2010). 

The combined government response statement for Small-mouthed Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population) is an update to a government response statement previously finalized for Blue Racer, Lake Erie Watersnake and Small-mouthed Salamander (2017). We are amending the original government response and consulting on the amendments related to Small-mouthed Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population). 

The recovery strategies for all six species were finalized on May 30, 2018, and are available on Ontario’s Species at Risk website.

http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTM2MDcy&statusId=MjA3MzIx&language=en



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