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Conservation Status or Legal Designation
BC List (Red, Blue, Yellow, Extinct):
RED: Native
species, subspecies or ecological communities that have,
or are candidates for, Extirpated,
Endangered, or Threatened status in British Columbia. Not all red-listed
taxa will necessarily become formally designated. Placing elements
on these lists flags them as being at risk and requiring investigation.
BLUE: Native
species, subspecies or ecological communities considered to be of Special
Concern (formerly Vulnerable) in British Columbia. Blue-listed elements are at risk, but are not Extirpated, Endangered or Threatened.
YELLOW: Species, subspecies and ecological communities that are apparently secure and not
at risk of extinction. Yellow-listed species may have Red- or Blue-listed
subspecies.
EXTINCT: Species
that no longer exist.
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Provincial Status (SRank):
Provincial Status applies to a species' or ecological
community's conservation status in British Columbia. The number in parenthesis is the year the rank was last reviewed. The status ranks have the following meaning:
SX = presumed extirpated
SH = historical (species)/possibly extirpated (communities)
S1
= critically imperiled
S2 = imperiled
S3 = special concern, vulnerable to extirpation or extinction
S4 = apparently secure
S5 = demonstrably widespread, abundant, and secure.
SU = unrankable
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Global Status (GRank):
A Global Rank applies to a species/ecological community
across its entire range. The number in parenthesis is the year the rank was last reviewed. The ranks have the following meaning:
GX = presumed extinct (species)/eliminated (community)
GH = possibly extinct (species)/presumed eliminated (comm.)
G1
= critically imperiled
G2 = imperiled
G3 = vulnerable to extirpation or extinction
G4 = apparently secure
G5 = demonstrably widespread, abundant, and secure.
GU = unrankable
For a full discussion of the Provincial and Global ranking systems, how ranks are assigned and what all ranks mean, visit the NatureServe site.
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COSEWIC:
EXTINCT (X): A
species that no longer exists.
EXTIRPATED (XT): A species that no
longer exists in the wild in Canada, but occurring elsewhere.
ENDANGERED (E):
A species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.
THREATENED (T): A species that is likely to become endangered if
limiting factors are not reversed.
SPECIAL CONCERN (SC): A species of special concern because of characteristics
that make it is particularly sensitive to human activities or natural
events.
NOT AT RISK (NAR): A species that has been evaluated and found to be not at risk.
DATA DEFICIENT (DD): A species for which there is insufficient scientific information to support status designation.
See the COSEWIC website for more information.
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Legal Designation for Species or Ecosystems of Concern
Federal Species at Risk Act (SARA):
Checking this box will select only SARA Schedule 1 species.
The values for SARA Schedule numbers are as follows:
1 = Schedule 1 – the official list of wildlife species at risk
2 = Schedule 2 – species that had been designated by COSEWIC prior to the adoption of the new criteria as endangered or threatened, and that as of the end of 2001 had not been reassessed by COSEWIC
3 = Schedule 3 – species previously designated by COSEWIC in the Special Concern category that have not yet been reassessed using the new criteria
See the SARA website for more information.
Provincial Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) - Previously Identified Wildlife:
The goals of FRPA are to minimize the effects of forest and range practices on Identified Wildlife, and to maintain their limiting habitats throughout their current ranges and, where appropriate, their historic ranges. Identified Wildlife are managed through the establishment of wildlife habitat areas (WHAs) and implementation of general wildlife measures (GWMs), or through other management practices specified in strategic or landscape level plans.
For more information see the Provincial Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) website.
Provincial Wildlife Act:
Checking this box will select species designated as Endangered or Threatened under the Act.
British Columbia has no stand-alone endangered species act. The provincial Wildlife Act protects virtually all vertebrate animals from direct harm, except as allowed by regulation (e.g., hunting or trapping). Legal designation as Endangered or Threatened under the Act increases the penalties for harming a species, and also enables the protection of habitat in a Critical Wildlife Management Area.
Federal Migratory Birds Convention Act (MBCA):
Checking this box will select birds protected under the Act. For more information on the MBCA, see the Environment Canada website on the
Migratory Birds Convention Act and Regulations.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES):
Checking this box will select species protected under CITES. For more information on the CITES, see the following website: http://www.cites.org.
Land Use Objectives (LUO):
Land Use Objectives Orders explicitly define red and blue-listed plant communities for Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) Implementation. These definitions do not match CDC red- and blue-listed ecological communities exactly. Red and blue status and names may vary somewhat because the CDC ecological community list is updated annually and these changes may not be reflected in the Schedules of each EBM Land Use Objectives Order. We recommend, therefore, combining BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer Searches on LUO with a search of red- and blue-listed ecological communities for the Coastal Western Hemlock (CWH) and Mountain Hemlock (MH) biogeoclimatic zones.
For further information about Land Use Objectives for Coast Ecosystem Based Managements see the following web site:
Coast land Use Decision Implementation
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