<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Hi Everyone</div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">The Environmental Bill of Rights registry has just notified me of this listing.</div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">They are going to replace the old recovery plan for Jefferson Salamanders and their hybrids with a new plan.</div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Yet again we can reasonably state it is premature to consider any land uses for Hidden Valley at this time. </div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Lulu </div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">_____________________________________________________________________</div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><strong style="">Summary:</strong> 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.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong><font size="3">Species at risk in Ontario</font></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3">We first engage external individuals and organizations with expertise on the species to write <strong>recovery strategies</strong>. These documents form the foundation of scientific advice and can include knowledge from the public, stakeholders and Indigenous communities and organizations.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Once recovery strategies are finalized, we have to develop a <strong>government response statement</strong> 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.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Learn more about <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/species-risk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">species at risk in Ontario</a>.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><strong>Proposed government response statements</strong> <br><br>We are proposing government response statements in relation to recovery strategies for the following six species:</font></p><ul style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(45, 81, 74); text-align: justify;"><li><a href="https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2018-10/DraftGRS-Jefferson-Unisexual.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="3">Jefferson Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population) (combined policy)</font></a></li><li><a href="https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2018-10/DraftGRS-NineSpottedLadyBeetle.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="3">Nine-spotted Lady Beetle</font></a></li><li><font size="3"><a href="https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2018-10/DraftGRS-RiverDarter.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">River Darter</a> </font></li><li><a href="https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2018-10/DraftGRS-Smallmouthed%20Salamander-Unisexual.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="3">Small-mouthed Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population) (combined policy)</font></a></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(45, 81, 74); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="3">The combined government response statement for Jefferson Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)<b> builds on and replaces the existing government response statement for Jefferson Salamander (2010). </b><br><br>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). <br><br>The recovery strategies for all six species were finalized on May 30, 2018, and are available on <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/species-risk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="">Ontario’s Species at Risk website</a>.</font></p></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe92784dbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTM2MDcy&statusId=MjA3MzIx&language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTM2MDcy&statusId=MjA3MzIx&language=en</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>