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Proposed changes to the NWT List of Species at Risk – Caribou and Pelican

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Pelican and DU Caribou

This engagement opportunity is now closed. Thank you for your comments! 

Listing decisions for Dolphin and Union caribou and American white pelican are expected by July 2024.


Overview

The public is invited to comment on the proposed up-listing of Dolphin and Union caribou and the proposed addition of American white pelican to the NWT List of Species at Risk.

Comments were due by October 31, 2023.

Listing proposals

Dolphin and Union caribou are proposed for up-listing on the NWT List of Species at Risk. They are currently listed as a species of Special Concern. Dolphin and Union caribou were reassessed as Endangered in April 2023, which means they could disappear within our lifetime.

American white pelican is identified for listing on the NWT List of Species at Risk. This species was assessed for the first time in April 2023 as a species of Special Concern, which means they are at risk of becoming Threatened or Endangered.

Please consider the following questions when providing comments:

Dolphin and Union caribou

  • Should Dolphin and Union caribou be listed as Endangered on the NWT List of Species at Risk (meaning the species could disappear within our lifetimes)? Why or why not?
  • Dolphin and Union caribou were listed as a species of Special Concern in the NWT in 2015 and a management plan was completed in 2018. Would up-listing this species have positive or negative impacts for you and your community? What would they be?
  • Is there new or missing information that was not considered in the status reports for this species? If so, can you provide it to us or tell us where to find it?

American white pelican

  • Should American white pelican be added to the NWT List of Species at Risk as a species of Special Concern? Why or why not?
  • Would listing this species have positive or negative impacts for you and your community? What would they be?
  • Is there new or missing information that was not considered in the status reports for this species? If so, can you provide it to us or tell us where to find it?

Have your say!

Comments on the assessments and potential listing of Dolphin and Union caribou and American white pelican can be submitted by completing a survey (English and French links below) or by sending your comments to the Species at Risk Secretariat (address below).

  • Engagement Survey – Dolphin and Union Caribou (English) (French)
  • Engagement Survey – American White Pelican (English) (French)

Species at Risk Secretariat 
PO Box 1320 
Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2L9 
Toll-free: 1 (855) 783-4301 
Fax: (867) 873-0293
Email: sara@gov.nt.ca


Next steps

The Conference of Management Authorities will meet in December 2023 and February 2024 to consider all comments received. A summary of the information used by each Management Authority to make its decision will be found in the consensus agreement on listing for each species.

Listing decisions for Dolphin and Union caribou and American white pelican are expected by July 2024.


Links

DOLPHIN AND UNION CARIBOU

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN