What species are threatened or endangered in Manitoba?
The Endangered Species Act of Manitoba designates any plant or animal species native to Manitoba that is at risk. “Endangered” (threatened with imminent extirpation or extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its Manitoba range): Baird’s sparrow, burrowing owl, eskimo curlew, loggerhead shrike, peregrine falcon, piping plover, whooping crane, great plains ladies’-tresses, small white lady’s-slipper, western prairie fringed orchid, and uncas skipper. “Threatened” (likely to become endangered or that is particularly at risk because of low or declining numbers in Manitoba): ferruginous hawk, mule deer, boreal woodland caribou, western silvery aster, western spiderwort, Culver’s-root, Riddell’s goldenrod, ottoe skipper, Dakota skipper and great plains toad.
