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SPECIES AT RISK ACTOrder Extending the Time for the Assessment of the Status of Wildlife SpeciesP.C.2003-879  20036

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Whereas, pursuant to subsection 130(5) of the Species at Risk Acta, the Minister of the Environment has consulted with the competent ministers and has included a statement in the public registry setting out the reasons for the extension,aS.C. 2002, c. 29Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsection 130(5) of the Species at Risk Acta, hereby makes the annexed Order Extending the Time for the Assessment of the Status of Wildlife Species.

1The time provided for the assessment of the status of the wildlife species set out in the schedule is extended for 3 years from the day on which section 14 of the Species at Risk Act comes into force.

2This Order comes into force on June 5, 2003.

SCHEDULE(section 1)PART 1Endangered SpeciesMammalsCaribou, Peary (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) Banks Island populationCaribou de Peary population de l’île BanksCaribou, Peary (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) High Arctic populationCaribou de Peary population du haut ArctiqueWhale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence River populationBéluga population du fleuve St-LaurentWhale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Ungava Bay populationBéluga population de la baie d’UngavaWhale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Southeast Baffin Island — Cumberland Sound populationBéluga population du sud-est de l’île de Baffin et de la baie CumberlandWhale, Bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) Eastern Arctic populationBaleine boréale population de l’Arctique de l’EstWhale, Bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) Western Arctic populationBaleine boréale population de l’Arctique de l’OuestWhale, Right (Eubalaena glacialis)Baleine noireWolverine (Gulo gulo) Eastern populationCarcajou population de l’EstBirdsBobwhite, Northern (Colinus virginianus)Colin de VirginieReptilesSnake, Lake Erie Water (Nerodia sipedon insularum)Couleuvre d’eau du lac ÉriéPART 2Threatened SpeciesMammalsCaribou, Peary (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) Low Arctic populationCaribou de Peary population du bas ArctiqueMole, Townsend’s (Scapanus townsendii)Taupe de TownsendPorpoise, Harbour (Phocoena phocoena) Northwest Atlantic populationMarsouin commun population du Nord-Ouest de l’AtlantiqueWhale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Eastern Hudson Bay populationBéluga population de l’est de la baie d’HudsonWhale, Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) North Pacific populationRorqual à bosse population du Pacifique NordBirdsShrike, Prairie Loggerhead (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides)Pie-grièche migratrice des PrairiesReptilesTurtle, Blanding’s (Emydoidea blandingi) Nova Scotia populationTortue mouchetée population de la Nouvelle-ÉcosseFishCisco, Blackfin (Coregonus nigripinnis)Cisco à nageoires noiresCisco, Shortjaw (Coregonus zenithicus)Cisco à mâchoires égalesCisco, Shortnose (Coregonus reighardi)Cisco à museau courtRedhorse, Black (Moxostoma duquesnei)Chevalier noirRedhorse, Copper (Moxostoma hubbsi)Chevalier cuivréSculpin, Deepwater (Myoxocephalus thompsoni) Great Lakes populationChabot de profondeur des Grands Lacs population des Grands LacsWhitefish, Lake (Coregonus clupeaformis) Lake Simcoe populationGrand corégone population du lac SimcoePlantsChestnut, American (Castanea dentata)Châtaignier d’Amérique