Prairie Region: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
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.

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.

Prairies SARA CCA Species list- Updated June 2024.pdf

Upcoming Events

10th Anniversary of the Buffalo Treaty – September 22-25, 2024

Stand Off, Alberta for the event, hotel accommodation is in Lethbridge, Alberta.

The Buffalo: A Treaty of Cooperation, Renewal and Restoration is inviting all Bison, Buffalo, Iinnii, Tatanga, Tatanka, Paskwâwimostos, Xaniti, Qwisp, Kamquq̓ q̓ ukuǂ ʔiyamu, Iyanee’, heneeceeno’,ésevone, Mushkode Bizhikim, Q’weyqway, Hii3einoon, boyzhan, and many more relatives to a Gathering this September 22-25, 2024. The event is co-hosted by Motokiiksi (Buffalo Women’s Society), Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation) of Blackfoot Confederacy and the International Buffalo Relations Institute.

Please complete your application by August 16th, 2024. You will be notified if you are successful by September 3rd, 2024. Please note that there is modest funding available so we are looking to support roughly 4-5 families to attend.

Apply here.

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])
Shianne McKay, Senior Project Manager, CIER ([email protected])

For questions specific to activities involved in the SARA Consultation, Cooperation and Accommodation Project: Natalie Fondren-Gasc ([email protected])

For general inquiries regarding Species at Risk and other ECCC programs: [email protected]