EXPERTS IN WILDLIFE AND SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT

SPECIES AT RISK CONSERVATION

For almost 20 years, Dendroica Environnement et Faune has been managing several mandates of  various magnitude and complexity for government agencies and private companies and landowners throughout  Canada.

The following are examples of recent projects conducted in the field of the conservation of species at risk.

• Expert advisor in the status assessment for species at risk for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).

Twelve species assessed since 2005 including Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark and Barn Swallow

• Habitat stewardship projects on private land to protect Red-headed woodpecker, Canada Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Peregrine Falcon and American Ginseng in southern Québec. More than 50 protected and restored sites.

Funded by Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk of Environment Canada and The Fondation de la faune du Québec

• Peregrine falcon nesting habitat assessment in southern Québec; comparison of natural and human created cliffs.

In collaboration with the Sherbrooke university

• Species at risk surveys for five species (Least Bittern, Commun Nighthawk, Whip-poor Will, Cerulean Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler) in Outaouais, Que. for Critical habitat assessment.

For the Canadian Wildlife Service.

• Telemetry survey protocole development for the Golden-winged Warbler in the  Montérégie region for Critical habitat assessment.

 For the Canadian Wildlife Service

• Blanding turtle survey and monitoring in Gatineau park.

 For Nature Conservency and the Québec Ministry of suitainable development and  parks

• Louisiana Waterthrush, Golden-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler survey distribution and status assessment in southern Québec.

 For the Canadian Wildlife Service

• Golden-winged Warbler survey within the Petawawa military training land, Ontario.

 For the Department of National Defense of Canada