SPECIES AT RISK ACTCritical Habitat of the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) OrderWhereas the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Acta;S.C. 2002, c. 29Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;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;S.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60Whereas, under 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 the Minister of the Environment is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect land that is under the authority of other federal ministers and, under subsection 58(9) of that Act, has consulted with those Ministers with respect to the Order;Therefore, the Minister of the Environment makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) Order under subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk Acta.Gatineau, August 27, 2026
La ministre de l’Environnement,Julie DabrusinMinister of the Environment
ApplicationSubsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus), which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry, that is on federal land, other than the portions that arein a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act; orin a reserve or any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band under the Indian Act.Coming into forceThis Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.