Species at Risk Stewardship Program in Canada

Deadline: 20-Oct-22

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is now accepting applications for its Species at Risk Stewardship Program (SARSP) to support and enable people to get involved in protecting and recovering species at risk through stewardship activities.

Objectives

The objectives of the SARSP are to:
- Improve the status of species at risk and their habitats by supporting stewardship and recovery actions;
- Support stewardship and multi-partner approaches to species at risk protection and recovery;
- Support community outreach, and the provision of related tools and techniques to inspire and enable people to become involved in species at risk stewardship; and
- Address important needs and knowledge gaps related to the protection, recovery and management of species at risk and their habitats in Ontario by supporting scientific research.

Species Specifc Priorities

Projects that address high priority actions as outlined in the relevant final Government Response Statement for the species:
- American White Pelican (under the focus area of Monitoring)
- Blanding’s Turtle
- Bluehearts
- Blue Racer
- Colicroot
- Eastern Small-footed Myotis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will (under the focus area of Research and Monitoring)
- Few-flowered Club Rush
- Goldenseal
- Henslow’s Sparrow
- Kirtland’s Warbler
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Massasauga (Carolinian population and Great Lakes – St. Lawrence population)
- Northern Bobwhite (under the focus area of Survey and Monitoring)
- Piping Plover
- Round-leaved Greenbrier
- Small-mouthed Salamander
- Yellow-breasted Chat

Eligibility Criteria

Successful applicants must be legal entities who are in good standing with tax, labour and environmental laws. For example, applicants may be:
- Academic institutions
- Corporations
- Indigenous communities/organizations
- Individuals
- Municipal and local governments
- Non-government organizations
Non-Eligible Applicants
- Conservation Authorities
- Provincial government ministries
- Federal government departments and agencies
- Unincorporated informal groups or clubs (non-legal entities)