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May 2025 COSEWIC Meetings
May 27th, 2025: COSEWIC met in May to assess the conservation status of 14 species in Canada. Two species that occur in Saskatchewan have had their COSEWIC assessed status updated as a result:

Snowy Owl – Threatened
Macropis Cuckoo Bee – Data Deficient (previously endangered)

The vertebrate and invertebrate species lists have been updated to reflect these changes on the species lists page and the Snowy Owl has been updated to a tracked species. For more information on the COSEWIC assessments, visit the COSEWIC website.

	SKCDC Species List Updates May 1st, 2025: The SKCDC Provincial Species Lists have been updated and posted to the species lists page. Download the summary of updates for a detailed list of changes since they were last posted.
	November 2024 COSEWIC Meetings May 1st, 2025: The SKCDC Species Lists have been updated to include the November 2024 Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessments. Three species that occur in Saskatchewan were assessed in November 2024. Black-tailed Prairie Dog remains threatened, and Least Bittern changed from threatened to special concern. Short-billed Dowitcher was newly assessed as threatened. See the COSEWIC website for the full list of species assessed.
	SARA Updates June 21st, 2024: On June 19th, an Order to amend Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) resulted in the following changes for two species occurring in Saskatchewan: Plains Hog-nosed Snake: Special Concern Chestnut-collared Longspur: Endangered (previously Threatened) To see the full list of nine species added, visit the species at risk public registry. The SKCDC vertebrate species lists have been updated to reflect this change.
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