Prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario. Recovery Strategy for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee ( Bombus affinis) in Ontario.

To learn more about species at risk recovery in Ontario, please visit the Ministry of Natural Resources Species at Risk webpage at: Recommended citationĬolla, S.R. The implementation of recovery strategies depends on the continued cooperation and actions of government agencies, individuals, communities, land users, and conservationists. Nine months after the completion of a recovery strategy a government response statement will be published which summarizes the actions that the Government of Ontario intends to take in response to the strategy. Recovery strategies are required to be prepared for extirpated species only if reintroduction is considered feasible. There is a transition period of five years (until June 30, 2013) to develop recovery strategies for those species listed as endangered or threatened in the schedules of the ESA. Recovery strategies are required to be prepared for endangered and threatened species within one or two years respectively of the species being added to the Species at Risk in Ontario list. Sections 11 to 15 of the ESA outline the required content and timelines for developing recovery strategies published in this series. It also makes recommendations on the objectives for protection and recovery, the approaches to achieve those objectives, and the area that should be considered in the development of a habitat regulation. A recovery strategy outlines the habitat needs and the threats to the survival and recovery of the species. Under the ESA, a recovery strategy provides the best available scientific knowledge on what is required to achieve recovery of a species. Recovery of species at risk is the process by which the decline of an endangered, threatened, or extirpated species is arrested or reversed, and threats are removed or reduced to improve the likelihood of a species' persistence in the wild. The Province ensures the preparation of recovery strategies to meet its commitments to recover species at risk under the Endangered Species Act ( ESA) and the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk in Canada. This series presents the collection of recovery strategies that are prepared or adopted as advice to the Province of Ontario on the recommended approach to recover species at risk. Recovery strategy prepared under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 About the Ontario Recovery Strategy Series

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