British Columbia Expands Endangered Species List
British Columbia is a bit out of our region but we love spreading good news so here goes: The Vancouver Sun last week reported on the addition of 45 species to British Columbia's list of protected at-risk plants and wildlife. The new additions include bull trout, bighorn sheep, and prairie falcon, and in sum comprise 18 species of birds, 19 plant communities, four invertebrates, two fish species and two species of mammals. Canadian conservationists are appropriately skeptical about the on-the-ground impact of the new list since neither Canada nor British Columbia have anything quite like our own Endangered Species Act, but acknowledging species that are in trouble is always a critical first step to effective conservation and our congrats go to the folks that made this happen.
