Introduction
The Purpose of this NWMB written hearing is to publicly consider the proposed listing of Red Knot-rufa subspecies as an endangered species under the federal Species at Risk.
If a species is listed as endangered, it means that the species is facing imminent extirpation or extinction.
The Government of Canada's Department of Environment, Canadian Wildlife Service has filed, in Inuktitut and English, a Proposal for NWMB Decision to list Red Knot-rufa subspecies as an endangered species. That Proposal, along with other documents comprising the best available information to date, is available for review or download from the NWMB’s website.
By December 2009, the NWMB plans to publish the hearing rules and provide public notice with respect to deadlines for the filing of written submissions responding to the Proposal for Decision.
