David M. Green, Chair
Redpath Museum, McGill University,
859 Sherbrooke St. W.,
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
22 February, 2002
Donald Barber Cawthra Ratepayers' and Residents' Association,
Friends of the Cawthra Bush
Station B, Box 1504
Mississauga Ontario
L4Y 4G2
re: Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum)
Dear Mr Barber,
In November, 2000, based on the information contained in a
species stauts report by
Leslie Rye and Wayne F. Weller, COSEWIC determined the status of
the Jefferson
Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) in Canada to be Threatened.
The reasons for this designation are its fragmentary occurrence in small,
fluctuating populations which, together, occupy an area under 2000 km2
and the evidence that it is adversely affected by declines in habitat quality
and habitat availability due to housing developments and agricultural conversion.
Accordingly, the Jefferson Salamander is included as a Threatened species
in the present Schedule 1 of Bill C-5, the federal Species at Risk Act
Yours sincerely,
(signed)
David M. Green, chair
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