Species Status Advisory Committee

The Species Status Advisory Committee (SSAC) was established under the Endangered Species Act.  The SSAC’s role is to review and recommend to the Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture designations and re-designations of species based on the best scientific knowledge available, and on traditional and local ecological knowledge about the species.

SSAC Seeking Expressions of Interest

The SSAC is currently looking for authors to write status reports for the following species:

Group Common Name Latin Name Report Status
Vascular plant Eastern Star Sedge Carex radiata Seeking author
Vascular plant Ascending Moonwort Botrychium ascendens Seeking author
Vascular plant Common Dodder Cuscuta gronovii Seeking author
Vascular plant Menzie’s Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera oblongifolia Seeking author
Vascular plant Hops Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides Seeking author
Vascular plant Mermaidweed Proserpinaca pectinata Seeking author
Lichen Matchstick Lichen Pilophorus fibula Seeking author
Lichen Wrinkled Shield Lichen Pannaria lurida subsp. russellii Seeking author
Fish Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus Seeking author

Each of these contracts may include associated fieldwork/inventories to be completed along with the status report preparation. The SSAC maintains priority lists for the following taxonomic groups which it uses to determine the expression of interest list:

For further information, please contact:

Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, Wildlife Division
Telephone: (709) 637-2025