Species at Risk Act (SARA) Consultation, Cooperation and Accommodation Project
Project Overview
This multi-year project will facilitate Indigenous communities’ and organizations’ participation in Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) listing and recovery planning processes for terrestrial species as part of implementing the federal Species at Risk Act. CIER’s role is to support a range of activities between Indigenous communities and organizations and ECCC on developing recovery documents, sharing knowledge and language, addressing threats to terrestrial species at risk survival and recovery, and land use planning for species at risk on reserve lands and within traditional territories.
2020-2021 Pilot project: Prior to the start of the multi-year project, the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) partnered with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to undertake a pilot project in British Columbia. This project facilitated Indigenous communities’ and organizations’ participation in federal recovery planning for seven terrestrial Species at Risk: Grizzly Bear, Southern Mountain Caribou, Bank Swallow, Western Screech-Owl, Oregon Forestsnail, American Badger, and Marbled Murrelet. The multi-year project is a continuation of this work.
Species at Risk List
ECCC is continuously listing and reassessing the status of species under the Species at Risk Act and developing recovery documents for those that are listed as special concern, threatened or endangered. The focus of the SARA Consultation, Cooperation and Accommodation Project is on those species that are actively undergoing the listing process or recovery document development. The list below is subject to change over time.
Additional Species at Risk as of July 7, 2024
Upcoming Events
CIER Learning Circle -Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER), with financial support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service (ECCC-CWS) invite you to join our next Learning Circle on Wednesday, September 18th from 12 – 1:30 pm PT. CIER’s Learning Circles are an opportunity for Indigenous Nations/organizations and their close partners to share learnings from projects related to species at risk.
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Our September Learning Circle will be centered around learning about the process for getting a Registered Professional Biologist (R.P.Bio) designation in B.C. and how becoming a R.P.Bio can support your career in conservation, stewardship, and other environmental fields.
We are excited to have presentations from Krystal Rancourt, First Nation and Stakeholder Engagement Biologist at the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, and Carmen Chelick, founder of Biodigenous Consulting Ltd. Krystal and Carmen will share about the process for getting registered and maintaining the R.P.Bio designation, as well as how being an R.P.Bio has helped them in their careers.
Please note, the R.P.Bio designation in this context is only applicable in B.C. Other provinces and territories have different biologist accreditation processes.
You can register by clicking here or below through Zoom. This session is open to anyone in your community or organization interested in attending, so please feel free to share this invitation.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Sep 18, 2024 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtduqppzoiG9RX6FkVEeSSVuWxCquRJbK8#/registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For more information contact Kat Hewitt, Project Manager, CIER ([email protected])
Resources
On this webpage you will find the materials shared at the sessions included in this project (e.g., SARA overview sessions, species specific workshops, training sessions, information sharing sessions, funding application forms). You will also find helpful species at risk related tools and resources. Click on the topic headings to see a drop-down list of the associated resources.
Contact
Kat Hewitt, Project Manager, CIER ([email protected])
Kate Cave, Senior Project Manager, CIER ([email protected])
Jean Polfus, Southern Mountain Caribou Project Lead, ([email protected])
Undiné Thompson, Senior Consultation Biologist, ECCC-CWS for questions related to any other species ([email protected])