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Judge orders rethink of preservation plan for endangered piping plovers on East Coast
A piping plover walks on the sand in Glen Haven, Mich., May 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Flesher HALIFAX — A federal judge has ordered Ottawa to rethink its strategy to preserve an endangered shorebird. In a decision released yesterday, Justice Richard Southcott sent the piping plover recovery plan back to the federal environment minister for 'reconsideration.' The judge wrote that federal lawyers had failed to 'intelligibly respond' to the concerns raised by Nature Nova Scotia and the East Coast Environmental Law Association about the plan approved by the minister in 2022. The plaintiffs argued Ottawa's system of protecting specific sections of beaches in Atlantic Canada and Quebec was confusing and vague — and they asked the minister to go back to protecting entire beaches as piping plover habitat. Piping plovers are small shorebirds that nest primarily on sand, gravel or cobblestone beaches. The court heard that there are only between 170 to 190 nesting pairs left, well below the 2022 plan's goal of 310 pairs. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 3, 2025.
CTV News
21-05-2025
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Environmental lawyers tell courtroom Ottawa's protections for piping plovers flawed
A piping plover walks on the sand in Glen Haven, Mich., May 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Flesher HALIFAX — Environmental groups are arguing in Federal Court that Ottawa's plans for protecting the habitat of the piping plover are vague and inadequate. The endangered, migratory shorebirds build their nests along coastal beaches where they're increasingly at risk from human activities and predators. Lawyers for East Coast Environmental Law and Nature Nova Scotia say the federal approach of protecting specific parts of beaches has unclear language and is weaker than Ottawa's prior conservation strategy. The group says the old strategy held Ottawa to a higher standard of protecting entire beach areas at sites in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. A spokeswoman for the Environment Department says the new approach was developed using information and input from federal, provincial, territorial and Indigenous governments. Cecelia Parsons says the protection strategy meets Canada's obligations under the Species at Risk Act, using refined habitat mapping and 'conservation efforts based on the latest science.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 21, 2025. The Canadian Press
