Canada’s Species at Risk Act Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:38:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Canada’s Species at Risk Act Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Canada Announces Protection For Endangered Birds https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/01/15/8-government-announces-protection-endangered-birds/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:38:45 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11952 Environment Canada has issued an emergency protection order that will limit construction activity and loud industrial noise near the habitat of an endangered bird species.

The greater sage-grouse is a shy bird that lives in southeastern Alberta and Saskatchewan.

There are fewer than 150 adult birds left in Canada, and environmentalists believe the species could be extirpated (locally extinct) within five years unless it is protected.

The birds’ natural habitat is long prairie grass, but much of this grassland has been destroyed by agriculture and oil and gas development over the past hundred years.

In December 2013, Environment Canada – the government department responsible for the environment – issued an order that prohibits any activity that would disrupt the birds’ habitat during the spring mating season.

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