Critical Habitat of the Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.) Eastslope Populations Order (SOR/2017-267)

Whereas the Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.) Eastslope populations is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a;

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2002, c. 29

Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;

Whereas no portion of the critical habitat of that species that is specified in the annexed Order is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)Footnote ^b of that Act;

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60

And whereas the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect a reserve or other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band and, pursuant to subsection 58(7) of that Act, has consulted the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the band with respect to the Order;

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.) Eastslope Populations Order.

Ottawa, November 30, 2017

Le ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Dominic LeBlanc Minister of Fisheries and Oceans