Labrador Metis Nation

As part of our efforts to encourage the public to get out there and enjoy the natural beauty that Labrador has to offer, and to promote our HSP Project, we are hosting an online photography contest. If you or someone you know has a photograph of a Species At Risk (especially Wolverine or Woodland Caribou) that was photographed in Labrador, then please submit it to us at address below. The winner of the contest will be selected at our Annual General Assembly.

And for further interest, some other Species At Risk as designated by the Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada (COSEWIC), the Species At Risk Act (SARA), and the Endangered Species Act of Newfoundland and Labrador, that inhabit Labrador include, but are not limited to:

Please click on the links below for various pictures and further information.

Barrow's Goldeneye – Eastern population (Special Concern)
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=644

Eskimo Curlew (Endangered)
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=21

Harlequin Duck (Special Concern)
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=22

Ivory Gull (Endangered)---------------------Listed as Special Concern Under SARA
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=50

Peregrine Falcon Anatum (Special Concern)--------- Listed as Threatened under SARA.
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=29

Peregrine Falcon Tundrius (Special Concern)
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=289

Polar Bear (Special Concern)--------------------------- No status under SARA.
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=167

Short-eared Owl (Special Concern)
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=60

Staff Contact:

Wayne Russell
Senior Fish and Wildlife Guardian
Labrador Metis Nation
Port Hope Simpson, NL A0K 4E0

Phone : 709-960-0407
Fax : 709-960-0425
Email : wrussell@labradormetis.ca