Wildlife management boards and COSEWIC

Wildlife Management Boards (WMB) are established under land claims agreements. Existing WMBs cover almost all of Nunavut, northern Northwest Territories (NWT), the Yukon and parts of Quebec and British Columbia, and provide direction on the sustainable use of wildlife resources within their jurisdiction(s).

Communication between COSEWIC and the WMBs will improve the designation process for species at risk. WMBs have access to information on wildlife in their settlement regions and they have the ability to facilitate communication between COSEWIC and the hunters and trappers with substantial knowledge of species of interest. To this end, the WMBs and COSEWIC have developed a process for ensuring that information held by the WMBs is included in COSEWIC's assessment process.

List of WMBs that have expressed an interest in COSEWIC's activities

Map of WMBs territories

Lists of species in WMBs. These lists includes species that have been designated by COSEWIC and those that are new candidates for designation.

About us

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is an independent advisory panel to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada that meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species at risk of extinction. Members are wildlife biology experts from academia, government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector responsible for designating wildlife species in danger of disappearing from Canada.

COSEWIC secretariat

Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd, 14th floor
Gatineau QC K1A 0H3

Email: cosewic-cosepac@ec.gc.ca


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