Title page
Contents
Preface 3
Acknowledgments 4
Executive Summary 5
1. COSEWIC Species Assessment Information 7
2. Species Status Information 7
3. Species Information 7
3.1. Species Description 7
3.2. Species Population and Distribution 8
3.3. Needs of the Yukon Podistera 11
4. Threats 12
4.1. Threat Assessment 12
4.2. Description of Threats 13
5. Management Objective 14
6. Broad Strategies and Conservation Measures 14
6.1. Actions Already Completed or Currently Underway 14
6.2. Broad Strategies 15
6.3. Conservation Measures 16
6.4. Narrative to Support Conservation Measures and Implementation Schedule 17
7. Measuring Progress 18
8. References 19
Appendix A: Effects on the Environment and Other Species 21
Table 1. Threat calculator assessment, from COSEWIC (2014). Based on a meeting on 4 September 2014, attended by B. Bennett, S. Cannings, S. Dar, and... 12
Table 2. Conservation Measures and Implementation Schedule 16
Figure 1. Yukon Podistera with maturing flowers going to seed; Miller's Ridge, Carmacks, Yukon. Photo: Syd Cannings 8
Figure 2. Known distribution (green dots) of the Yukon Podistera in Canada. The dots represent separate patches of the species; patches separated by... 10