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Conservation

Conservation

Species at risk

The most familiar list of species at risk is the federal one proposed by COSEWIC (the Committee for the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). But several other lists exist, each with a different emphasis, depending on jurisdiction, geographic coverage, and sources of information.

Canada Species at Risk Act (SARA) Nova Scotia Endangered Species Act General Status Ranks (for Nova Scotia Environmental Impact Assessments) Maritimes list (from Partners in Flight) Natural Heritage / Conservation Data Centers (Global, G1-5 and Subnational, S1-5)

There’s years of data on many species available on the web, collected by various methods and updated constantly. The websites vary in how user-friendly they are, but are enormously distracting once you get the hang of them.

Breeding bird surveys (from Canadian Wildlife Service) Christmas bird counts (from Cornell/Audubon/BSC) Hawk migration counts Bird atlasses (via the maritimes atlas)

Conservation plans

​ Comprehensive conservation plans exist for various groups of birds (from North American Bird Conservation Initiative)