Whereas the Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield population, is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act a;
Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;
Whereas, pursuant to subsection 58(5) of that Act, the competent minister must consult with every other competent minister and whereas the Minister of the Environment is also the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency;
And whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) b of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;
Therefore, the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk Act a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield Population Order.
Gatineau, July 24, 2018 Catherine McKenna Minister of the Environment
Subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield population, which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry, other than the portions of that critical habitat that are
in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of the Act; or
found on a reserve or any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band under the Indian Act.
This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.