ADDITIONS TO CANADA'S ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST

At the annual meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), the following list of species was issued: RAREzGreen Dragon Arisaema draconitium

Shumard oak guercus shumardii

Hop tree Ptelea trifoliata

Prothonatary Warbler

Eastern Bluebird

Barn Owl

Western Woodland caribou (mainland west of James Bay)

Queen Charlotte Islands ermine

THREATENED:

ENDANGERED:

Plymouth gentian Sabatia kennedyana

Water willow Justicia americana

Giant helleborine Epipactis gigantea Mosquito fern Azolla mexicana

Henslow's Sparrow

Maritime woodland caribou (south of the St. Shorthead sculpin

Southern maidenhair fern Adiantum capillus-veneris

Pink coreopsis Coreopsis rosea Cucumber tree Magnolia acuminata Pink milkwort Polygala incarnata

Acadian whitefish

Lawrence)-

NOT IN ANY CATEGORY:

EXTINCT:

False mermaid FloerkeaAproserpinacoides Bald Eagle . ' . . . Northeastern woodland caribou (east of James Bay,north . of the St. Lawrence)' Newfoundland woodland caribou (Newfoundland) Mountain beaver . Dawson woodland caribou (Queen Charlotte Islands)

A full list of all species on the Endangered Species list.will be available

at the next meeting.

VOLUNTEER GUARDIANS NEEDED

The Island Nature Trust is interested in getting volunteers who will visit one or more natural areas on a regular basis to document any activity that occurs.This would include sightings of nesting or migrating birds as well as passers-through.0ther activity such as human use of the area should be noted.

For many of the sites, we have an extensive list of flora but for others there is little information as yet. Anyone who is interested in documenting the natural features of a natural area or in reporting to the Trust the human activity in the area should contact Diane Griffin at 892-9127.

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