Species at Risk

The A2A region is home to an extraordinary number of rare species, many of them reptiles and amphibians.

Learn more about actions you can take to protect species at risk in the A2A region.

Learn more about how a moose named Alice changed how we look at the A2A landscape.

Spotlight: American Eel

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Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario
In 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources published a Recovery Strategy for the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata). The once-abundant species has been extirpated from many parts of its Ontario range and is in serious decline where it still exists. It is listed as endangered under Ontario's Endangered Species Act, 2007. Eels are important competitors and predators and function as an integral component in Ontario fish communities. They are an important indicator of diversity, adding stability and resilience to the fish community. Their decline has eroded connections among terrestrial, river, estuary and marine ecosystems.

Check back often to see the latest spotlight on species-at-risk in the A2A region.
Federal Species-At-Risk in Thousand Islands National Park, Ontario, Canada
Endangered
American Ginseng
Blunt-lobed Woodsia
Butternut
Eastern Loggerhead Shrike
Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid
Henslow's Sparrow
King Rail
Northern Bobwhite
Threatened
Blanding's Turtle
Deerberry
Eastern Rat Snake
Golden-Winged Warbler
Least Bittern
Peregrine Falcon
Pugnose Shiner
Stinkpot Turtle
Special Concern
American Eel
Bridle Shiner
Broad Beech Fern
Cerulean Warbler
Eastern Milksnake
Eastern Yellow Breasted Chat
Five-Lined Skink
Grass Pickerel
Lake Sturgeon
Monarch Butterfly
Northern Map Turtle
Northern Ribbonsnake
Red Headed Woodpecker
Short-Eared Owl
Yellow Rail
Blanding's Turtle, Threatened in Ontario, Threatened in New York
Canada
Federal Species at Risk Registry
Parks Canada Species at Risk
Ontario Species at Risk
Quebec Species at Risk (McGill)

U.S.
Federal Endangered Species List
N.Y. State Endangered Species List

Peregrine Falcon, Threatened in Ontario,
Endangered in New York
Karner Blue Butterfly, Extirpated in Ontario, Endangered in New York
> ON Nature article about loss of butterfly