Recovery strategy for the Pale-bellied Frost Lichen (Physconia subpallida) in Canada /

In the spirit of cooperation of the Accord, the Government of Ontario has given permission to the Government of Canada to adopt the Recovery Strategy for the Pale-bellied Frost Lichen (Physconia subpallida) in Ontario (Part 2) under Section 44 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). [...] The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (now the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry) led the development of the attached recovery strategy for the Pale-bellied Frost Lichen (Part 2) in cooperation with Environment Canada. [...] Since the publication of the provincial recovery strategy, the species has been discovered at seven new locations: the Salmon River site and the Frontenac Provincial Park site (County of Frontenac); the Highland Grove site (County of Haliburton); the Moira River site and the Cassidy Block site (County of Hastings); the Peterborough County Forest site (County of Peterborough); and Main Duck Island [...] The Government Response Statement prepared by the province of Ontario states the following goal for the recovery of the Pale-bellied Frost Lichen in Ontario: • The government’s goal for the recovery of the Pale-bellied Frost Lichen is to ensure the persistence of the size and distribution of all existing populations of the species in Ontario and to allow for natural population growth through maint [...] The areas prescribed under Ontario regulation 242/08 – Pale-bellied Frost Lichen habitat are described as follows: 28.2 (1) For the purpose of clause (a) of the definition of “habitat” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act [ESA], the areas described in subsection (2) that are located in the following geographic areas, parts of geographic areas and provincial park are prescribed as the habitat of Pale-bel