Recovery strategy for the Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) in Canada /

In the spirit of cooperation of the Accord, the Government of Ontario has given permission to the Government of Canada to adopt the Recovery Strategy for the Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) in Ontario (Part 2) under Section 44 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). [...] The Minister of the Environment is the competent minister for the recovery of the Jefferson Salamander and has prepared the federal component of this recovery strategy (Part 1), as per section 37 of SARA. [...] The Government Response Statement for the Government of Ontario lists the following goal for the recovery of the Jefferson Salamander in Ontario: • The government’s goal for the recovery of the Jefferson Salamander is to ensure that threats to populations and habitat are addressed, in order to allow for the long-term persistence and expansion of the species within its existing Ontario range. [...] For the purpose of clause (a) of the definition of “habitat” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act, the following areas are prescribed as the habitat of the Jefferson Salamander: 11 Under the federal SARA, there are specific requirements and processes set out regarding the protection of critical habitat. [...] Since the regulation is dynamic and automatically in effect whenever the conditions described in the regulation are met, if any new locations of the Jefferson Salamander (or jeffersonianum-dominated polyploids) are confirmed within the geographic areas listed under subsection (1) of the regulation (see Figure 1), the habitat regulation under the ESA applies.