Species at Risk: Westslope Cutthroat Trout

October 1, 2015

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Wild Lands Advocate article from October 2015 by Nigel Douglas.

Alberta’s native westslope cutthroat trout were in the news once again in September, as AWA and Timberwolf Wilderness Society announced that they will be taking the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to Federal Court over the department’s failure to issue a critical habitat order for Alberta’s population of this threatened species. Such an order is required by law under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) because such legal protection is vital to restoring the species. AWA has long focused on the cutthroat as an indicator of the health of our headwaters and, for many years, the signs have not been good.

Cutthroat Trout. Photo by S. Perry

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