The Minister responsible for the Wildlife Act may establish one or more
categories identifying species of wildlife as species at risk, regionally important wildlife or
ungulate species. The authority to take this action is enabled by section 13 of the Government
Actions Regulation. The establishment of categories of species enables a number of other
provisions under the Forest and Range Practices Act to be used to manage these wildlife
species including wildlife habitat areas,
ungulate winter ranges and associated general
wildlife measures and objectives.
Species at Risk
On May 3, 2004 the Minister of Water Land and Air Protection established a category
of species at risk by order made under section 11(1) of the Government Actions Regulation
(BC Reg. 17/04) of the Forest and Range Practices Act. This category of species at risk
represents those species that may be affected by forest or range management on Crown land and are
listed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada COSEWIC). On May 30, 2005 one
species was appended to the category of species at risk and in June 2006 the Minister of Environment
appended 45 additional species and plant communities. Currently there are 85 species and plant
communities included in the category of species at risk.
The 85 species included in this category of species at risk form the basis for the
Identified Wildlife Management Strategy (IWMS).
ORDER -
CATEGORY OF SPECIES AT RISK (SAR) May 3, 2004 (PDF 152KB)
ORDER - CATEGORY OF SAR - ADDENDUM - May 30, 2005 (PDF 23.6KB)
ORDER - CATEGORY OF SAR- June 5, 2006 (
PDF 90KB)
ORDER - CATEGORY OF SAR- NOMENCLATURE UPDATE - July 18, 2011 (
PDF 95KB)
Ungulate Species
On May 3, 2004 the Minister of Water Land and Air Protection established a category
of ungulate species by order made under section 11(3) of the Government Actions Regulation
(BC Reg. 17/04) of the Forest and Range Practices Act. This category of ungulate species
represents those species for which an
ungulate winter range may be required for winter survival. Notification of this order was published in the May 6, 2004 edition of the BC Gazette.
ORDER – CATEGORY OF UNGULATE SPECIES (PDF 141KB)
ORDER – CATEGORY OF UNGULATE SPECIES - NOMENCLATURE UPDATE - July 18, 2011 (PDF 24 KB)
Regionally Important Wildlife - Work is ongoing to identify the category of regionally important wildlife.
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