Northern Leopard Frog

1st Speaker Event: October 12, 2022 at 7:00pm
at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Community Room.

Dr. Jenny McCune is a plant community ecologist, and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge. The title of her presentation is: Canada's Species at Risk Act: How does it work and is it working?

The Species at Risk Act (SARA) was designed to protect and recover Canada's most vulnerable species. The talk will step through the process for a species to be listed under SARA, and point out some loopholes in the law that have allowed  some species to slip through. Dr. McCune will use case studies to illustrate what protections listed species do and do not get, highlight some biases in which species get the most attention, and contrast SARA with the Endangered Species Act of the United States.