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There are a large number of poisonous plants to be found,
although their abundance will vary greatly from place to
place. Horses and ponies at pasture are often at risk,
especially when grass is in short supply. Perhaps one of
the more common plants and unfortunately one of the more
deadly is Ragwort. Ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea L.)
poisoning is the most common cause of liver damage in
horses. Ragwort is a hardy biennial. It flourishes in waste
ground and roadside verges from where it invades nearby
fields. The growing plant is not palatable to grazing
animals and is usually ignored by horses, except when the
grass is extremely poor. It thus has a competitive
advantage over the other plants (including grass) and
fields quickly become heavily contaminated.
How does
ragwort affect animals?
Ragwort contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are
poisonous to horses, other farm animals such as sheep and
cattle and also to wild animals such as hare and deer. It
is important for horse owners and horse pasture owners to
recognise and control this potentially fatal plant.
Unfortunately, some horse-keepers do not control ragwort
growth and spread as they do not expect their horses to eat
the plant and probably don't appreciate the reality of the
suffering their animals could be caused. It is true that
ragwort does have a bitter taste which often deters horses
from eating it. However, if grass becomes sparse (e.g.
following a period of hot dry weather) horses may resort to
eating plants they wouldn't normally eat, including ragwort
if it is present. Some horses develop a liking for the
bitter taste and may choose to eat it even when there is
sufficient palatable grass available to graze on. If eaten,
as little as 2lb of fresh ragwort can be sufficient to
cause fatal damage. Uncontrolled ragwort left growing in
and around horse pastures exposes horses and ponies to
poisoning and possibly death, and the infestation will
increase each year as plants set seed.
Equines and bovines are more susceptible to ragwort
posoning than other livestock. Young animals are more
susceptible than mature animals. Ragwort poisoning can
occur at any time of the year. The toxins in ragwort are
cumulative and result in irreversible liver damage and
digestive disorders. A small intake of ragwort over a long
period can be just as damaging as a large intake on a
single occasion. Ragwort remains toxic but becomes more
palatable when dried and is particularly dangerous in hay
and haylage. Little can be done dor an animal once the
clinical symptoms appear.
Loss of condition (weight loss, dull coat, depression),
poor appetite and constipation, pain from gut area,
swelling under the abdomen (oedema), photosensitation
(sunburn, which is restricted to the white areas) and
sometimes jaundice (yellow color to mouth and eye).
Terminal signs: nervous signs develop (yawning, head
pressing and ataxia), restlessness and aimless
uncoordinated movement. Animals may appear blind, pressing
heads against solid objects, abnormal gait and stance. Most
affected animals die after a period of illness varying from
a week to several months.
The disease can be confirmed by your vet in two ways. A
blood test for specific liver enzymes (GGT and ALP) is the
most usual, in cases where doubt arises a liver biopsy can
be performed.
Once actual symptoms have developed, especially
any neurological symptoms, the prognosis is poor, however
in the early stages careful dietary control and vitamin
supplementation can be helpful.
Sources of
Ragwort poisoning
• Livestock tend to avoid eating ragwort on good pastures.
• Where there is over-stocking and grass is scarce the weed
will thrive and is unavoidably eaten.
• The poisons in ragwort are not destroyed by drying. Dried
grass, hay and silage are common sources of ragwort
poisoning, it can be undetectable and consumed readily.
• Ragwort becomes much more palatable when cut or wilted,
as it loses its bitter taste.
How to
recognise ragwort
Seedlings can be found from autumn onwards – the first
leaves have a characteristic spade shaped blade, notched at
the apex (10-15mm length).
The first true leaf is hairless, 10-12mm in length and oval
shaped with a smooth edge. As the plant grows the leaves
produced show a gradual increase in the degree of lobbing
and waviness typical of the older ragwort plants. Leaves
also become hairier as the plant gets older.
Rosettes can be found from early spring onwards – circular
cluster of leaves, usually deep green on top and underneath
covered in a cottony down, the leaves have a ragged
appearance. The rootstock, basal leafstalks and lower parts
of the stem may have a purplish/ red colour. (If biennial
will over winter as a rosette and during the second year
send up a single leafy stem, which will produce numerous
flower heads.)
Mature plant reaches between 1-2m in height, the stems are
tough and often tinged purplish/red near the base, but
brighter green and branched above the middle. Flowering
occurs May to late October. The bright yellow flowers are
daisy-like. Most plants die after flowering, creating a gap
suitable for immediate colonization by seedlings.
The seeds have a downy appendage making them readily
dispersible by the prevailing wind, but can also be
dispersed via water or spread by people and livestock.
How do you
control ragwort in your pasture?
Control of ragwort is the only way to avoid ragwort
poisoning. Over and under grazing create open patches where
ragwort can readily establish itself.
Ragwort will not establish where there is a dense vigorous
sward. Such a pasture can be best achieved though
controlled grazing and/or regular fertiliser applications.
This encourages root development of grasses and makes a
valuable contribution to preventing re-infestation.
• It is important to remove all potential.
• To remove the danger to your animals a control strategy
must be employed.
• The chosen method of control should be the one least
damaging to the environment and human health, whilst still
being an effective method of control.
Short Term Methods/ Small
Ragwort Infestations
• Always wear gloves
• Needs to be done before flowering has completed
• Ragwort is more easily removed in the spring when the
plant is immature or after heavy rainfall when the ground
is soft
• Need to be carried out for at least 2 years as ragwort is
a biennial, or if the pasture has a history of ragwort
infestation this will have to be carried out annually due
to the remaining seeds in the soil
• It is important to remove as much of the root as
possible; ragwort can regenerate like docks from its root
• At the early flowering stage reduces seed production
• Acceptable in an emergency situation, but generally is
not recommended since it encourages more vigorous growth
Never leave cut plants within reach of horses.
Long Term Methods/ Large
Ragwort Infestation
Ragwort can be spot sprayed with a selective weedkiller.
This can be done all the year around but is best to spot
spray when ragwort is at the rosette state – in winter
months through to the end of July.


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The type of hull determines what kind of propeller is required to move the boat through the water. There are two basic hull types: displacement and planing. Displacement boats are comparatively slow.
They are supported by the weight of the water they displace (static water pressure). They are generally designed with a somewhat pointed or rounded stern as well as a pointed or rounded bow. They ride low in the water like large ocean-going ships. The propellers on these boats run totally submerged and will generally be of lower pitch, when powered by an outboard or stern drive.
Planing boats, which include most recreational boats, operate like a displacement hull at low speed (below 10 MPH). With sufficient power, these boats rise to the water's surface and operate in a skimming or planing mode, supported primarily by the water's velocity pressure.Planing boats are generally faster and more efficient than displacement boats. Their design is distinguished from a displacement design by having a broad transom that meets the bottom with a basically sharp corner. The propellers on these boats often are not fully submerged and thus need to provide holding ability as well as higher pitch and rake because of the higher top-end speeds.
Following is a description of typical hull designs for outboard and stern drive boats.
Flat Bottom
When a boat's bottom has no "v" but is simply flat from side to side, it is generally referred to as a flat bottom. Where the bottom meets the side is called the "chine." It may have squarish corners (called square, sharp, or hard chines) (Figure 7-7) or rounded corners (called round or soft chines) (Figure 7-8).
Vee Bottom
This is presently the most common bottom design (Figure 7-9), offering good speed with a softer ride that depends on the angle of the vee (called "deadrise," see Figure 7-10), the radius or shape of the keel line, and the use of strakes (Figure 7-11). To increase top speed with only a little loss of softness in the ride, some boats are made with a small flat at the very bottom, called a "pad" (Figure 7-12).
Each manufacturer chooses how many and how far back (toward the transom) to bring each strake in order to achieve the desired performance characteristics. A greater use of strakes tends to make the boat run higher and flatter, but a little harder.
Tri-Hull or Cathedral Hull
These hulls usually are vee bottoms with some degree of added outside hull, often most predominant near the bow (Figure 7-13). The benefit is a boat that is more stable, particularly at rest. The penalty is a rough ride in choppy water.
Tunnel Bottom
This design is most popular in racing circles. It differs from the older catamaran bottom (Figure 7-14) in that the inside corners (between the bottom and the tunnel) are quite sharp (Figure 7-15). This allows incredibly sharp high-speed turns and a very soft ride. Some of these hulls have experienced handling problems at low speeds.
Tunnel Vee
This combines a shallow vee bottom with twin tunnels (Figure 7-16), one on either side of a center pad. Top-end performance is usually superior to a true vee bottom, but this generally comes with a rougher ride in choppy water and does not carry a load as well as a conventional vee.
A pontoon is basically a flat surface floating on two or three pontoons (round or squarish), usually made of aluminum. This design maximizes a boat's usable space. Pontoons can easily be run at planing speeds, but the front ends must be properly shaped for planing (Figure 7-17).
Condition of the Boat Bottom
For maximum speed, a boat bottom should be as flat as possible in a fore-aft direction (longitudinally) for approximately the last five feet (1.5 m) (Figure 7-18). For best speed and minimum spray, the corner between the bottom and the transom should be sharp.
The bottom is referred to as having a "hook" if it is concave in the fore-and-aft direction (Figure 7-19). A hook causes more lift on the bottom near the transom and forces the bow to drop. This increases wetted surface and reduces boat speed, but it helps planing and reduces any porpoising (rhythmical bouncing) tendency. A slight hook is often built in by the manufacturer. A hook can also be caused by not trailering or storing the boat with support directly under the transom.
A "rocker" is the reverse of a hook (Figure 7-20). The bottom is convex or bulged in the fore-and-aft direction. It can cause the boat to porpoise.
Any hook, rocker, or surface roughness on the bottom, particularly in the all-important center-aft portion (critical bottom area) (Figure 7-21), will have a negative effect on speed, often costing several miles per hour on a fast boat.
Single-Engine & Multiple-Engine Application
In single-engine installations, right-hand rotation propellers are almost always used. This is merely the result of tradition, but is perpetuated by nearly all recreational boat manufacturers placing their operator's position on the right-hand side to compensate for the boat roll resulting from a right-hand rotation propeller.
When a boat is equipped with dual engines, counter-rotating propellers are preferred (Figure 7-22). This balances any steering pull when the outboards or drives are trimmed evenly. Most experienced boaters prefer to rotate the propellers "out." That is, right-hand rotation on the right side, left-hand rotation on the left side, believing that overall handling is a little better. This can also afford more balanced steering when forced to operate with only one (off-center) engine. Many twin engine boats use propellers of the same rotation. The disadvantages are that steering torque is greater when trimmed well in or well out (assuming no power steering) and, in very rough water, if a hull goes airborne, a pair of right-hand propellers (for example) can walk the stern to the right a little.


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How To Throw A Hook Punch
The hook is a very difficult punch to master, and is also difficult for beginners to learn. But once you master the hook punch it might just be your deadliest weapon.
In boxing and MMA, a hook is a very common source of a knockout. It's a very effective power punch which is used mainly at close range, the use of body punches and straight punches will often cause opponents to move their hands forward and closer together – this will open space for a hook punch to the chin or side of the head.
It can be thrown using your rear hand but, the hook is usually a short, quick punch which is most effective with the lead hand (a lead hook).
This post will focus mostly on the lead hook, which is what you will probably use most and what you should practice first.
Here's the two basic forms of a hook punch before we get started.
Some Pointers
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced boxer, it's important to focus on the fundamentals of your technique. It's important for beginners to practice the basics before going any further, but it's also important that experienced boxers don't neglect these basics or you could be losing time, energy and power by skipping over basic technique.
- Keep Your Hands Up (1): Keep your rear hand up to protect your chin, and tuck your elbow in to protect your body. Like you should do when throwing any punch.
- Bend Your Arm at a 90 Degrees Angle (2): When you throw a hook, your arm should be bent at a right angle, to get the maximum power from the punch – utilising the turning force of your hips.
- Turn Your Body (3): Again, this is essential to increase your punching power. This is the turning force which should propel the movement, by harnessing all your bodyweight and turning force.
- Pivot Your Foot: To ensure a smooth, turn and a powerful punch – you must pivot your foot. When throwing a lead hook, pivot with your lead foot. When throwing a hook with your rear hand, then pivot with your rear foot.
- Bend Your Knees: When someone "sits down on their punches", they are bending their knees and planting their feet on the ground. This is good to keep balance and generate maximum power.
- Follow Through: When throwing a jab, or cross – it's sometimes a bad idea to follow through. But, if you want to throw a powerful hook punch, then you should throw your punch through the target, not at it.
- Drop Your Guard: When in close distance – in lead hook distance – you should never drop your guard. By keeping your rear hand up, it will help to prevent counter-strikes. Although obvious and fairly simple, it's a common mistake made by many fighters.
- Stand up Straight: By not bending your knees, not only will you ose a lot of power, but more of your body will be exposed and you will lose a lot of balance by having a higher centre of gravity.
- Load Up: Don't cock back your arm before throwing a hook, or any punch for that matter. By 'loading up' you will alert your opponent of the attack you intend to use, and give them a split-second advantange so they can counter. And in any martial art, split-seconds count!
- Throw From Too Far Out: The hook should be thrown from close-range to mid-range. If you are not in range, then you will have to lunge forward, or reach out too far. This is likely to leave you off-balance and will expose your guard and give your opponent a better opportunity to counter.
- Put All Your Weight on One Foot: You should distribute your weight in the middle as evenly as possible. Quite simply, if you are leaning forward, you will fall forward. If you are leaning back, you will fall back. This means that if your balance is off when throwing a hook and you miss, or your opponent counters, then you are likely to be in a vulnerable position.
Amost every boxer/fighter is obsessed with power. It's important to remember that without the right technique it is very hard to generate the kind of power you're looking for. But here's an explanation and some drills on how to increase the power in your hook punch.
There is a lot of practice that must go in to mastering the hook punch, but a lot of reward can come once you have every variation perfected and in your arsenal.
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Today I am continuing the theme of motherhood and talking with my friend and colleague Tina Morris. Tina's son, Karsen, was late diagnosed. I chose to highlight Tina's story, because as a mother of a child with hearing loss she has become a leader and advocate for others who are on the same journey.
So, welcome Tina, I know about your background, but can you please fill our readers in about your family's story?
Sure. We noticed a change in our son, Karsen, shortly after his first birthday. He was suddenly ill with what looked like extreme vertigo. He lost all muscle control for several hours. It was so scary. We spent the day in the emergency room, and left with a diagnosis of sinusitis. But, we didn't really agree with the doctor's conclusion. We had a feeling there was something else.
The next day, Karsen traded his usual chatty babble for grunting and pointing. The sparkle in his eyes was gone. Something had drastically changed.
I requested a hearing test from our pediatrician and ENT, who by the way saw no concerns as he was hitting all the milestones for development. We were stunned as we sat in the sound booth and were told our son had moderate to severe bilateral hearing loss.
We left that appointment with no information other than we should expect a call from Florida's early intervention service since we now had a child identified with a condition that could cause significant delays.
Of course I went home and Googled "deaf child." I ordered several books on sign language and a book on literacy in children with hearing loss. I really didn't know what else to do. I experienced several waves of emotions. I mourned for the vision of Karsen's future because he couldn't hear me now or the world around him. That's a huge change in plans.
Instead of hiding, I started telling people what was going on in our lives. And I was fortunate to connect with some great resources. People wanted to help our family and resources started to surface.
Through my boss I connected with someone who had progressively lost her hearing as a child and was now teaching at a deaf school.
She insisted we had the opportunity to teach our son how to listen and speak. She told me sign language would be an option, but listening and speaking would provide a bigger world for our child. We had to act fast if we wanted this window of opportunity to feed and continue to program spoken language into Karsen's brain.
This was the sign I needed on what to do next. I scheduled an appointment with the audiologist to be fitted with hearing aids and we discussed the possibility of cochlear implants.
I enrolled Karsen in an auditory-verbal program at Clarke Jacksonville. Again, I was fortunate to know my co-worker whose step children had hearing loss and went there. So, within one month of diagnosis, Karsen was aided and enrolled in a supportive program.
Wow! That's great that you were able to accomplish that so quickly, and sounds like you had some early support that helped. During this time what other resources were you able to find as a parent? How did you look for resources and support?
In 2006, I really felt limited in our resources and support. We were basically told to go home and wait for a call from early intervention. There didn't seem to be any sense of urgency.
The internet was really what I was left with. I spent hours in the evening researching hearing loss, hearing aids, deaf communication, sign language, cued speech, literacy of the deaf, cochlear implants and all the controversy that came along with it.
One of the biggest surprises came when we finally did receive a visit from the early intervention provider. This was after we had decided to pursue spoken language. The EI representatives told us we were bad parents for not choosing sign language for our child. That was the only track that they could see working. I was so thankful at this point that we already had made strong connections and that I had done so much research.
What did with connecting with others mean for you as parents?
I didn't have much time to connect in the early years, so I tried to make the most of it. I worked full-time and any extra time was spent running around to various appointments. It was overwhelming to say the least. I wasn't into social media either, which is so funny because now I see what an impact these connections can have on a community.
Connecting in person with other parents was vital to our sanity. I had a child with extra needs and a husband in the military who deployed for 6 months at a time. My immediate family was there to give me hugs when I needed them, but they couldn't really relate.
Thankfully, we were in a listening and spoken language program and we received tremendous guidance from the therapists and the staff.
As our son aged, the program formed a toddler group that met a couple times a week. I found parents just like us there! They were just as frazzled as me and winging it just like me. We all had this panicky look on our faces like we were given a box with a puzzle in it, but life had taken than box out of our hands and scattered the pieces all over the place. We were all trying to find the pieces of that puzzle and put it back together.
I love that image of trying to put all the scattered puzzle pieces back together, because that is really what it feels like in the beginning. Was there any time when the connection you made with others was especially important for your family?
Yes! There was one time just before Karsen's third birthday. We were preparing to make the transition to an IEP. I was feeling nervous and afraid about this next step. There was a group of elementary parents that hung out in the parking lot at Karsen's school. We called them the "parking lot mafia", because they would just stay there for hours and some all day since they commuted great distances.
I decided to walk across the parking lot and introduce myself. I wanted to know what they knew.
I learned more in those hours of speaking to those "seasoned" parents than any website, workshop, doctor, therapist or book could have taught me. It was the hours I spent standing in the parking lot talking with them that I realized the value of the parent-to-parent relationship. I learned from that day on not to recreate the wheel, rather, find those who are wearing the same shoes, and just learn from their walk with hearing loss.
Well said! Can you take a minute to talk about how you work at creating support for others now through your Facebook group and your advocacy work?
I've become more active in social media because I see more and more parents turning to it since they aren't getting help or answers from the professionals they depend on.
My belief is that a well-informed parent is a child's best protection. And, that really formed the basis for my Facebook group called "Parents and Caregivers of Children with Cochlear Implants." I just saw other groups become a battleground about communication choices and I really wanted to create a place that offered support and strength.
In this group, the focus is on quality people and information. It's truly a platform to share the information I would have wanted to know those first few years after diagnosis and what parents need to stay inspired or to keep growing in their knowledge.
One warning I have for new parents is to not get sucked into social media groups and the random advice people want to offer. Social media is great for an occasional virtual hug, but instead, spend your time forming relationships with those who have walked in the shoes you're putting on and doing your own quality research those first couple of years.
Many parents in the group have connected and formed bonds via private messages, e-mails, phone calls, texts and even meet up in person at conferences or other outings they arrange.
How did you become involved in your advocacy work?
I'm a firm believer in don't complain unless you're willing to change it. And I really do encourage parents to begin to be the ones to speak up when they see that something isn't working. For me, I saw the need to work towards changing legislation and funding to empower parents. It just seemed like a natural next step. My focus is on protecting parent choice and their ability to make the decision that is best for their family.
So, whether it's spoken language, signed languages, or cued speech, children should not lose that protection of a competent program. And, parents should not have to do it alone.
The reality is that 90% of parents are choosing spoken language as an option for their deaf child, so these advocacy topics shouldn't be considered controversial or unpopular. There is a desperate need to come out of silence and build a strong foundation of support for these options. There is so much we can accomplish if we all work together.
Tina, I think you make a great point. It's so important that parents and organizations work together. I think the work that you have done is a great example of taking your frustration and the experiences you had when Karsen was first diagnosed and really turn them into something that helps others.
I want to thank you for taking the time to talk with me. And for those who are interested Tina's Facebook group can be found here. Please keep in mind it is a closed group and once you express interest, Tina will send you an email to join.


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Sky Blues bring in Knox
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The 57-year-old has signed a deal until the end of the season and the Scot will assistant caretaker manager Eric Black in Saturday's match against Watford at Highfield Road after Mills was appointed the new boss of Notts County on Friday.
Knox used to coach Black when he was assistant manager to Sir Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen and Black was a Dons player in the early 1980s.
More recently, the former Dundee boss spent less than four months as assistant manager to Mark McGhee at First Division rivals Millwall before the pair were sacked by The Lions in October.
Knox told the club's official website of his delight to be back in a coaching role following his departure from The New Den in the autumn.
"I've been out of the game for two or three months and it was great to be offered this opportunity with Coventry City," Knox revealed.
"I'll be alongside familiar people in the shape of Eric Black and also Alan Hodgkinson - the latter of whom I worked with at both Manchester United and for the Scottish national team.
"There is also a good group of players here and I look forward to working with each and every one of them."
Meanwhile, The Sky Blues have decided to terminate the season-long loan of Algerian international midfielder Yazid Mansouri from French club Le Havre.
The 25-year-old has decided to play for his country at the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia following a call-up by the Algerian national side.
Mansouri believes it is in his best interests to play for his country rather than stay at Highfield Road and the club have used a clause in his loan deal to terminate his stay, should he have chosen to play for Algeria.
Black was disappointed with Mansouri's decision to leave Coventry and play for his country.
"I spoke to Yazid and told him that we want nothing less than 100 percent at Coventry City," said Black.
"As he has decided to join up with Algeria, it is apparent that he is not willing to give us that and as a result, the only way forward was to terminate his contract."


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Transgender model Andreja Pejic lands Make Up For Ever deal
Together with Lea T, the Brazilian model who landed a deal to be the face/hair of Redken last year, Andreja Pejic is breaking boundaries and making history as one of the first transgender models to score a major beauty contract. The 23-year-old Australian model, who was born Andrej in Bosnia-Herzegovina, will appear in a Make Up For Ever campaign sometime this year. This is major!
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I love euro pillows on the bed. I think they make a great backdrop for the overabundance of pillows that are usually on any one of our beds in this house. I love the scale they bring to a bedroom and they are a perfect landscape for some pretty awesome prints to tie everything together.
I'm loving all the colors that we are ending up with too. I can not WAIT to show you the entire room. Just need to tie up a few loose ends first.
These shams are pretty basic and easy to whip up. The ruffle border is a ton easier if you have a ruffle foot. I bought one when I purchased a new machine a few months ago and oh. my. gosh.! What a miracle worker this thing is. I definitely recommend one if you are a sewer and have girlies. I believe any machine you have while have an optional ruffle foot. Try googling ruffle foot for____ (enter make and model of your machine). They are an investment, but let's face it… how much ruffling is there to do out there???? A LOT!
If you'd like to make some ruffle shams, follow along:
2-2.5 yards of 42" fabric. I give a variance there because if you have a directional print, it may take more fabric
Cut your pieces. To achieve the looooong 7" piece, which will be for the ruffle, you can use THIS TUTORIAL on how to sew the pieces end-to-end in the correct way.
Take your long 7' piece and iron it in half, so now you have a loooong 3.5" piece!
There she is. The ruffler. Quite a contraption isn't it. Another great thing about it is the ability to control the "ruffliness" of the fabric. You can make it super ruffly, or just a slight ruffle. It is all controlled by the gear.
If you are not using a ruffle foot for this part, you can ruffle the common way, no problem. I suggest you stitch in 12-16" increment to make it not so hard on yourself though.
Once your ruffled piece is ready, pin it to the right side of the 27" square.
When you get to the end, it will look like this…unfinished edges.
Just turn in the sides about a 1/2" and press. Pin down and get ready to sew.
Sew around the entire square using a 1/2" seam allowance
Now, take your 27×14" and your 27×17" pieces and on one 27" side, iron over 1/2"
Fold over another 1/2" to close up the raw edge
Edge stitch the hem closed. I like using my presser foot as a guide to keep my stitch straight
Place those 2 ready pieces right side down right on top of the ruffled piece. The two finished edges that we just did will be overlapping each other a bit on the back. That's what we want. Right sides are facing. Pin in place.
Flip your sham over so you can see the stitching you already made when you sewed the ruffle in place and stitch right over the same stitches.
Clip all four corners and turn the pillow sham right side out
Fill it up! Euro shams are typically 26"x26" and that is what this pillow sham tutorial is for. Please check your pillow form size before you start sewing
Oh, in case you are wondering the fabric I used on these are from Jennifer Paganelli's line called Honey Child. Love! If I didn't have a smidge of self control, I might have wallpapered the entire room in it!


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Autopots are a great way to automatically feed your soil or coco grown plants with the absolute minimum of hassle. Looking for a way to keep your plants watered while you go on a few days holiday? Look no further! These systems provide a very economical solution. They're very easy to set up and they're highly effective. Hydroponics has never been so easy! Once set up, the gravity-fed system will keep your plants fed and watered automatically through the very clever Aquavalve. All you have to do is top up / change-out the reservoir from time to time. Simple!


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FRANKFURT, July 11 (Reuters) - German hard coal consumption for power generation was down by 11 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014 as the use of coal in electricity production gave way to higher renewable power production, coal importers lobby VDKI said on Friday.
Healthy steel industry demand, however, helped to boost overall imports.
"The increasing feed-in of power from renewable energy, namely from photovoltaics, could have a further dampening effect on coal demand especially in the summer months," VDKI said in a statement.
Production of power from hard coal-fired generation plants was down 17 percent in January-March at 30 terawatt hours (TWh), compared with a year earlier, it said.
Input of hard coal into power generation in the quarter fell to 14.7 million tonnes of hard coal equivalent compared with 16.5 million a year earlier, VDKI said, citing official data.
Coal burn and imports are often converted into hard coal equivalent depending on the coal's calorific value, to achieve price comparability.
Many coal-to-power plants cannot run profitably because they have to reduce run-time in favour of green energy, which under Germany's legal provisions for the sector is given priority access to power grids reaching consumers.
Yet despite the weaker trend in power, overall imports of steam coal and coke rose by 3 percent year-on-year to nearly 14 million tonnes, VDKI said. The increase resulted from higher demand from the steel industry, another key coal consumer.
A breakdown of coal origins showed that Russia was the biggest supplier with 23 percent of the total, the importers group said. Number two was the United States, narrowly behind with a rounded share of 23 percent, then Colombia with 14 percent and South Africa with 9 percent. (Reporting by Vera Eckert; Editing by Mark Potter)


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Multi-species Action Plan for Yoho National Park of Canada
Long description for cover image.
This is a collage of 3 photos. The first photo shows a healthy, double-stemmed Whitebark Pine tree, illustrating the characteristic silvery bark, and dense green needles. The second photo shows an Olive-sided Flycatcher perched on a bare branch. It has a large head and short tail, with dark coloured head and flanks contrasted by a while throat and belly. The third photo shows a Little Brown Myotis hanging upside down while hibernating.
Recommended citation:
Parks Canada Agency. 2017. Multi-species Action Plan for Yoho National Park of Canada. Species at Risk Act Action Plan Series. Parks Canada Agency, Ottawa. iv + 18 pp.
For copies of the action plan, or for additional information on species at risk, including COSEWIC Status Reports, residence descriptions, recovery strategies, and other related recovery documents, please visit the Species At Risk Public RegistryFootnote 1.
Cover illustration: Whitebark Pine – © Parks Canada Agency / T. Keith; Little Brown Myotis - © Parks Canada / T. McAllister; Olive-sided Flycatcher – Dominic Sherony (creativecommons.org).
Également disponible en français sous le titre :
«Plan d'action visant des espèces multiples dans le parc national du Canada Yoho »
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, 2017. All rights reserved.
Catalogue no. CW69-21/40-2017E-PDF
Content (excluding the illustrations) may be used without permission, with appropriate credit to the source.
Approval statement
The Parks Canada Agency led the development of this federal action plan, working together with the other competent minister(s) under the Species at Risk Act. The Vice President, Operations, upon recommendation of the Field Unit Superintendent, hereby approves this document indicating that the relevant Species at Risk Act requirements related to action plan development have been fulfilled in accordance with the Act.
Approved by:
Melanie Kwong
Field Unit Superintendent, Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay Field Unit, Parks Canada Agency
The federal, provincial, and territorial government signatories under the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk (1996)Footnote 2 agreed to establish complementary legislation and programs that provide for effective protection of species at risk throughout Canada. Under the Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c.29) (SARA), the federal competent ministers are responsible for the preparation of action plans for species listed as Extirpated, Endangered, and Threatened for which recovery has been deemed feasible. They are also required to report on progress five years after the publication of the final document on the Species at Risk Public Registry.
Under SARA, one or more action plan(s) provides the detailed recovery planning that supports the strategic direction set out in the recovery strategies for the species. The plan outlines what needs to be done to achieve the population and distribution objectives (previously referred to as recovery goals and objectives) identified in the recovery strategies, including the measures to be taken to address the threats and monitor the recovery of the species, as well as the proposed measures to protect critical habitat that has been identified for the species. The document also includes an evaluation of the socio-economic costs of the action plan and the benefits to be derived from its implementation. The action plan is considered one in a series of documents that are linked and should be taken into consideration together with the COSEWIC status reports, recovery strategies, and other action plans produced for these species.
The Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency (the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change) is the competent minister under SARA for the species found in Yoho National Park and has prepared this action plan to implement the recovery strategies as they apply to the park, as per section 47 of SARA. It has been prepared to the extent possible in cooperation with local First Nations, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the province of British Columbia as per section 48(1) of SARA.
Implementation of this action plan is subject to appropriations, priorities, and budgetary constraints of the participating jurisdictions and organizations.
Thanks are owed to all those who participated in the development of this action plan. The contributions of those who took part in the site-based analysis workshops in March2014 and January2016 are greatly appreciated.
Executive summary
The Multi-species Action Plan for Yoho National Park of Canada applies to lands and waters occurring only within the boundaries of the park. The plan meets the requirements for action plans set out in the Species at Risk Act (SARA s.47) for species requiring an action plan that regularly occur in the park.
Park-specific objectives for species at risk are identified in this plan and represent the site's contribution to objectives presented in federal recovery strategies. Species at risk, their residences, and their habitat are protected by existing regulations and management regimes in national parks as well as by SARA. Additional measures that will contribute to the survival and recovery of the species in the park are described in this plan. These measures were identified based on threats and actions outlined in federal and provincial status assessments and recovery documents, as well as knowledge of the status and needs of each species at the park. Population monitoring measures are also identified for the species for which management activities at the sites can contribute to recovery objectives.
No new critical habitat is identified in this action plan. Critical habitat for some species has been identified previously in their respective recovery strategies. Measures used for protection of existing critical habitat are described.
Measures proposed in this action plan will have limited socio-economic impact and place no restrictions on land use outside of Yoho National Park. Direct costs of implementing this action plan will be borne by Parks Canada. Indirect costs are expected to be minimal. Benefits include opportunities to engage with and benefit from traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, including the potential to fill knowledge gaps and enhance and strengthen relationships. Additional benefits include positive impacts on park ecological integrity, and greater awareness and appreciation of the value of biodiversity to Canadians.
Table of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Executive Summary
- Table of Contents
- 1. Context
- 2. Site-based Population and Distribution Objectives
- 3. Conservation and Recovery Measures
- 4. Critical Habitat
- 5. Evaluation of Socio-Economic Costs and of Benefits
- 6. Measuring Progress
- 7. References
1. Context
Canada's national parks protect a country-wide system of representative natural areas of Canadian significance. Parks Canada is responsible for managing these special places for the benefit, education and enjoyment of Canadians, while ensuring that they are protected and maintained so that they are left unimpaired for future generations.
With over a century of accomplishments in establishing and protecting national parks, Parks Canada is a recognised world leader in conservation. Canada's national parks afford a high level of protection to plant and wildlife species that rely upon these lands for their habitat. National parks also provide a unique opportunity to engage Canadians in learning and stewardship activities focused on species at risk. The conservation of species at risk, using both ecological measures and educational programs, is an important part of the day-to-day work of Parks Canada.
This Species at Risk Action Plan describes the work that Parks Canada is doing in Yoho National Park as part of the larger national park conservation program to put vulnerable species on the path to recovery. It is one of the tangible ways Parks Canada protects species at risk, while providing ways to connect and educate Canadians about the endangered wildlife and plants found in these special places. Parks Canada will take a leadership role in implementing this action plan, but its full potential will be achieved by working with others, including Indigenous Peoples, park visitors, neighboring landowners, businesses, local residents and other Canadians.
Yoho National Park protects 1,313km2 of the west slope of the Rocky Mountains, extending from the peaks and glaciers of the Continental Divide to the mid-elevation montane forests of the Kicking Horse and Beaverfoot river valleys. The park is adjacent to Banff National Park to the east and Kootenay National Park to the south. These parks, together with Jasper National Park and Mount Robson and Hamber provincial parks, form a 20,069km2 protected area that has been designated the UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.
Yoho National Park encompasses the upper portion of the Kicking Horse River watershed, including all of its major tributaries above the Beaverfoot. Park elevations range from 1025m where the river exits the park, to nearly 3,500m along the Continental Divide. Precipitation levels increase from west to east, and snowfall in particular is more abundant near the divide. The main ecosystem disturbance factors are wildfire, forest insects, avalanches, and fluvial erosion and deposition. This complex mountain landscape supports diverse ecosystems that include alpine meadows, moist subalpine forests, open shrub avalanche slopes, rich riparian zones and alluvial flats, semi-dry montane forest, and small patches of moist cedar-hemlock forest. These ecosystems support a high diversity of species, a number of which are at risk, or are of conservation concern.
"Maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity, through the protection of natural resources and natural processes, shall be the first priority of the Minister when considering all aspects of the management of parks" (Canada National Parks Act s. 8(2)). Species at risk, their residences, and their habitat are therefore protected by existing national park regulations and management regimes. In addition, the Species at Risk Act (SARA) prohibitions protecting individuals and residences apply automatically when a species is listed, and all critical habitat in national parks and national historic sites must be legally protected within 180days of being identified.
Recovery measures for species at risk will be integrated within the framework of the park management plan and ecological integrity program. National parks maintain comprehensive, scientifically rigorous ecological integrity monitoring and restoration programs that are organized according to the major ecosystems present in the park. The recovery measures described in this action plan are organized in the same manner. Parks Canada's ecological integrity programs make contributions to the recovery of species at risk by providing inventory and monitoring data, through the implementation of habitat restoration projects, and other conservation measures. The species-specific measures outlined in this plan will in turn contribute to maintaining and improving the ecological integrity of Yoho National Park by improving the conservation status of native species and their habitat.
In addition to status assessments, a final SARA recovery strategyFootnote 3 has been completed for Olive-sided Flycatcher, and proposed recovery strategies have been prepared for Little Brown Myotis and Whitebark Pine. These documents provide guidance for the recovery of individual species, including strategic directions, recovery objectives, identification of critical habitat to the extent possible, and threats. This action plan was developed and will be implemented in a manner that is consistent with these recovery documents, and should be viewed as part of this body of linked strategies and plans.
1.1 Scope of the action plan
The geographic scope of this action plan includes all lands and waters managed by Parks Canada in Yoho National Park. This multi-species action plan has been written specifically for Yoho National Park because Parks Canada is legally responsible for species at risk on park lands and waters, has the ability to take direct conservation action, and deals with different threats, legislation, and management priorities than areas outside the park. The advantage of a multi-species action plan is that it can minimize redundancies while allowing for coordination of key actions affecting multiple species at risk where these actions overlap in space or time.
Action plans are legally required for all SARA Schedule 1 listed endangered and threatened species once a final recovery strategy has been published on the Species at Risk (SAR) Public Registry. This action plan is a SARA action plan (as per SARA s.47) for the Olive-sided Flycatcher. It is also consistent with current direction in the proposed recovery strategies for Little Brown Myotis, and Whitebark Pine.
This action plan addresses SARA-listed species that regularly occur in Yoho National Park which (will) require an action plan under SARA (s.47) (Table 1). The plan will be amended as required, or additional plans will be prepared, to meet SARA requirements for action planning.
|Scientific name
|SARA Schedule 1 status
|Little Brown Myotis
|Myotis lucifugus
|Olive-sided Flycatcher
|Contopus cooperi
|Whitebark Pine
|Pinus albicaulis
2. Site-based population and distribution objectives
The potential for Parks Canada to undertake management actions at the park that will contribute to the recovery of each species was assessed. Site-specific population and distribution objectives were developed (Appendix A) to identify the contribution that the park can make towards achieving the national objectives presented in federal recovery strategies. Monitoring activities that are directly linked to the site-based population and distribution objectives are also reported in Appendix A. If there is little opportunity for the park to contribute to the recovery of a species, site-specific objectives and conservation measures may be limited to protection measures in place under the Canada National Parks Act and SARA, population monitoring, and habitat maintenance or restoration through the existing management regime at the site. This is the case for Olive-sided Flycatcher, where population and distribution objectives for Yoho National Park are not meaningful at the scale of this action plan because threats cannot be controlled in the park or do not exist in the park (e.g., loss of overwintering habitat elsewhere, migratory impacts), and the population within the park is a very small part of the Canadian distribution.
Figure 1: Yoho National Park
3. Conservation and recovery measures
Yoho National Park is situated on the edge of a large protected area complex – the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. Its east and southeast borders are functionally invisible, as similar levels of habitat protection occur within adjacent protected areas. The western and northern boundaries of the park, however, are potentially more significant for species conservation as adjacent lands are managed for a variety of different land uses that affect habitat in various ways. Forest harvesting, wildfire suppression, ranching, gravel extraction, mining, and roads are significant contributors to landscape change in the surrounding area. Collaboration with adjacent land managers will be important to conserving cross-boundary species at risk.
The main threats to biodiversity within the park are highway and railway-related wildlife mortality, historical fire suppression, and the introduction of non-native invasive species (Parks Canada 2008). Climate change is also likely to have a significant influence on the biodiversity of the park over the medium to long-term. For the two animal species included in this action plan, the known principal threats originate outside the park, and actions taken within the park will have a limited impact on species recovery. The causes of population decline for Little Brown Myotis and Whitebark Pine are well understood, while the causal factors responsible for the decline of Olive-sided Flycatcher are unknown. For all three species there are actions that can be taken by Parks Canada to contribute to their protection and where feasible their recovery within Yoho National Park.
Yoho National Park receives an estimated 610,000 visitors a year. Many of these visitors are travelling through on the Trans-Canada Highway and only stop briefly in the park. Popular attractions within the park include Takakkaw Falls, Lake O'Hara, Field, and Emerald Lake in the north, and Wapta Falls in the south. Communication efforts that target these few areas, along with the drive-through visitor segment, will optimize the potential to engage and connect with Canadians to build awareness of species at risk, and to encourage them to get involved in recovery efforts.
This action plan identifies measures to achieve the site-based population and distribution objectives, along with measures required to protect the species and gather more information about them. The list of measures that will be implemented is presented in Appendix B. These measures were evaluated using a ranking system and all of the measures received either a medium or high priority. The ranking process considered the ecological effectiveness of measures, along with opportunities to work with partners, engage visitors, and connect with external audiences. Wherever possible, Parks Canada is taking an ecosystem approach, prioritizing actions that benefit more than one species to effectively and efficiently protect and recover species at risk.
Several themes are reflected in these measures: active management; disease management; filling knowledge gaps; and working together in endangered species recovery. These themes and related conservation measures are discussed briefly below.
Active management
Habitat restoration through active management is important to ensuring the viability of Whitebark Pine. The habitat required by this species is vulnerable to forest ingrowth by other tree species, particularly where natural fire cycles have been disrupted through fire suppression. Climate change may also contribute to increased competition with other plant species. Restoring natural fire cycles on the landscape is an important strategy for ensuring the persistence of high quality Whitebark Pine habitat. Fire may also play a role in creating optimum breeding habitat for Olive-sided Flycatcher, as this species prefers a mix of live and dead trees within a mosaic of forest patches of different age structure particularly near wetlands. Parks Canada is internationally recognized for leadership in restoring fire through prescribed burning and continues to conduct burns and manage wildfire as part of a national restoration program.
Disease management
Two exotic invasive diseases threaten two native species covered in this plan. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an introduced fungal disease affecting numerous species of bats, including Little Brown Myotis. It has had a devastating effect on bat colonies in eastern North America, and has recently been discovered in Washington State. Addressing the threat of WNS to Little Brown Myotis in the park will be critical to the persistence of the local population. The Canada National Parks Act General Regulations prohibit anyone without a permit from entering a cave or mine in a national park, and decontamination protocols are in place for anyone granted a permit. Compliance with these measures will reduce the risk of human transmission of the disease into potential hibernacula. White pine blister rust is another introduced fungus that is affecting 5-needle pines in North America, including Whitebark Pine. The identification and propagation of blister rust resistant trees, followed by the planting of these trees in suitable habitat is the key strategy to maintain persistence of Whitebark Pine on the landscape. Efforts to identify resistant trees are underway.
Filling knowledge gaps
Inventory and monitoring work is required to fill gaps in the knowledge base necessary to build programs for some species at risk. For example, more data are required to determine occupancy and population estimates, and to identify potential maternity roosting and hibernating sites for Little Brown Myotis. More precise data on the spatial distribution of Whitebark Pine within the park are required to support protection and recovery efforts. This is important knowledge that can help focus and prioritize recovery efforts. Working with Indigenous communities may allow the incorporation of traditional knowledge to fill information gaps for some species.
Working together
Engaging others in recovery of species at risk through involvement of Indigenous communities, partnering efforts, visitor experience opportunities, and outreach activities is an important component of this multi-species action plan. Through on-site interpretation efforts, park visitors can learn about endangered species and how personal behavior can contribute to species protection. By gaining awareness and knowledge, visitors can take an active role in recovery actions. Observant visitors can contribute occurrence data on birds, bats, and healthy Whitebark Pine, provided they know what to look for. Communication efforts can increase awareness and encourage stewardship and compliance with regulations and conditions for activities such as tree falling, building demolition and cave entry. These will be important recovery measures for Little Brown Myotis, which may be vulnerable to habitat loss or unintentional spread of white nose syndrome due to human actions. Engaging Indigenous communities may create opportunities to incorporate traditional knowledge, and work together on specific recovery actions for species at risk. Education and awareness programs will also target external audiences. This is critical, as most of the species that are included in this action plan are found regionally beyond the park boundaries. External communications may also help to build support for species at risk generally.
4. Critical habitat
Critical habitat is "the habitat that is necessary for the survival or recovery of a listed wildlife species and that is identified as the species' critical habitat in the recovery strategy or in an action plan for the species" (SARA s. 2(1)). No critical habitat has been identified within Yoho National Park for any of the species included in this plan (as of January2016). Critical habitat for Whitebark Pine is partially identified at a landscape scale in the proposed recovery strategy based on the best available information at this time. The proposed federal recovery strategy for Little Brown Myotis provides a partial definition of critical habitat as any hibernacula used by bats at least once since 1995. At this time there are no known documented hibernacula used by the species in Yoho National Park. The final recovery strategy for Olive-sided Flycatcher does not identify critical habitat due to data deficiencies. As more knowledge about habitat needs, and more data about habitat use by these species is gathered, critical habitat may be identified in upcoming or revised recovery strategies or action plans.
4.1 Proposed measures to protect critical habitat
Critical habitat identified in other recovery documents within Yoho National Park will be legally protected from destruction as per SARA (Sec. 58 (1)).
In managing species at risk and their critical habitat within national parks, Parks Canada abides by the SARA s.32, 33, 58 and 80 prohibitions, and the s.73 and 74 conditions for permitting activities. For example, SARA requirements are incorporated into the Agency's Environmental Impact Assessment process.
5. Evaluation of socio-economic costs and of benefits
The Species at Risk Act requires the responsible federal minister to undertake "an evaluation of the socio-economic costs of the action plan and the benefits to be derived from its implementation".
5.1 Costs
The total cost to implement the multi-species action plan for Yoho National Park will be borne by Parks Canada out of existing salaries and budgets, and national ecosystem restoration project funding. This includes incremental salary costs, materials, equipment, and contracting of professional services for measures outlined in Appendix B. No major socio-economic costs to partners, stakeholders or Indigenous Peoples are expected as a result of this action plan. Specific project implementation will be contingent on funding being allocated through the park's annual business planning process, or from alternative funding mechanisms such as Parks Canada's national Conservation and Restoration (CoRe) program.
Some recovery measures are already being implemented in the park. The other proposed measures will be integrated into the operational management of the park and there will be few new costs. These costs will be covered by prioritization of existing funds and salary dollars at the park and thereby will not result in additional costs to society.
The action plan applies only to lands and waters in Yoho National Park, and does not include any restrictions to land use outside park boundaries. This action plan, therefore, will not result in any significant socio-economic impacts to the public. Minor restrictions may be placed on visitor activities on park lands and waters where they are considered necessary to protect and recover species at risk.
5.2 Benefits
Measures presented in this action plan for Yoho National Park will contribute to meeting recovery strategy objectives for threatened and endangered species. These measures are expected to have an overall positive impact on ecological integrity and enhance opportunities for appreciation of the park by visitors and the general public. Opportunities to engage with Indigenous communities and incorporate traditional knowledge could yield significant benefits for species at risk. Other measures in the action plan could result in additional benefits to Canadians, such as yielding positive impacts on biodiversity, and contributing to the value individuals derive from preserving native species and ecosystems.
The proposed measures seek a balanced approach to reducing or eliminating threats to species at risk populations and habitats, and include protection of individuals and their habitat (e.g., restrictions to human activities within areas occupied by the species, combined with ongoing research and monitoring), potential species re-establishment (e.g. planting Whitebark Pine), and increasing public awareness and stewardship (e.g., interpretive signage, visitor programs, and highlights in communication media).
Potential economic benefits of recovering species at risk found in the park cannot be easily quantified, as many of the values related to these species are non-market considerations that are difficult to evaluate in monetary terms. Biodiversity has intrinsic worth, and may be valued by Canadians for aesthetic, cultural, spiritual, recreational, educational, historic, economic, medical, ecological and scientific reasons. The conservation of species at risk is an important component of the Government of Canada's commitment to conserving biological diversity, and is important to Canada's current and future economic and natural wealth.
Maintaining healthy ecosystems and a full range of native biodiversity is a key component of visitor experience in Yoho National Park. Wildlife viewing is one of the most common visitor activities in the park and this helps support the economic health of the communities in the area.
Implementing this action plan is expected to have positive benefits for park visitors, local residents, and Indigenous Peoples. Some activities in the plan may create opportunities for people to become involved in the recovery of species at risk and for cooperation and community partnerships in species at risk recovery. These include opportunities to learn about and take part in the recovery of species at risk, opportunities for visitors, stakeholders and local communities to be involved in conservation issues, opportunities for integration of Indigenous traditional knowledge into biodiversity conservation, and greater awareness of Indigenous values and culture among local residents and visitors to the parks. In doing so the plan supports the goals under the Species at Risk Act which states: "the traditional knowledge of the aboriginal peoples of Canada should be considered in the assessment of which species may be at risk and in developing and implementing recovery measures".
6. Measuring progress
Reporting on implementation of the action plan, as required by the Species at Risk Act (s. 55), will be done by assessing progress towards carrying out the specific measures outlined in the appendices. Reporting on the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the action plan will be done by assessing progress towards meeting the site-based population and distribution objectives.
7. References
Environment Canada. 2016. Recovery strategy for Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) in Canada. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment Canada, Ottawa, vii + 52p.
Environment Canada. 2015. Recovery strategy for Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus), Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis), and Tri-colored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus) in Canada (Proposed). Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment Canada, Ottawa. 110 pp.
Environment and Climate Change Canada.2017. Recovery strategy for the Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) in Canada (Proposed). Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, viii + 54 pp.
Parks Canada Agency. 2010. Yoho National Park Management Plan. Parks Canada Agency. Ottawa. 75 p.
Parks Canada. 2008. Yoho National Park of Canada, state of the park report. April2008, 44p.
Appendix A: Species information, objectives and monitoring plans for species at risk in Yoho National Park.
|National objectives
|Site-based population & distribution objectives
|Population trend in YNP (2010-2015)
|Population monitoringFootnote4
|General information and broad park approach
|Little Brown Myotis
|The distribution objective is to maintain the pre-WNS extent of occurrence. Within areas not yet affected by WNS, the population objective is to maintain (and where feasible increase) the current level of the population.Footnote 5
|Data deficientFootnote 6, but thought to be stable.
|WNS has not yet spread to Yoho. Primary conservation approach is to identify important habitat, in particular hibernacula and maternity roosts, and prevent the human transmission of WNS to these sites.
Protection of individuals and residences.
Continue to actively manage cave access (permit required) and use decontamination protocol to deter the spread of WNS through human vectors.
|Olive-sided Flycatcher
|Short term: To halt the national decline by 2025 while ensuring that the population does not decrease more than 10% over this time.
Long term (after 2025): To ensure a positive 10-year population trend. Distribution objective is to maintain the current extent of occurrence in Canada.
|No objectives established: Nests and birds are protected by the Canada National Parks Act and the Migratory Birds Act. Fire management practices may provide more nesting habitat. Yoho is of limited importance to the species national recovery.
|Declining, based on breeding bird surveys.
|Protection of individuals and residences.
Fire management program may be used to enhance habitat.
|Whitebark Pine
|To establish a self-sustaining, rust-resistant population of Whitebark Pine throughout the species' range that demonstrates natural seed dispersal, connectivity, genetic diversity and adaptability to changing climate.
|To establish a self-sustaining, rust-resistant population of Whitebark Pine throughout the species' range in the park that demonstrates natural seed dispersal, connectivity, genetic diversity and adaptability to changing climate.
|Infection and mortality rates have increased from 2003 to 2014. White pine blister rust is distributed throughout the park. BC trend is declining.
|Assess stands to identify trees that are potentially resistant to white pine blister rust.
Collect and conserve seeds from potential blister rust resistant trees; test for resistance; plant resistant trees.
Forest management practices such as prescribed burning, thinning and wildfire impact mitigation can be used to protect and restore habitat.
Appendix B: Conservation and recovery measures that will be conducted in Yoho National Park.
|Measure #
|Desired outcome
|Threat or recovery measure addressed
|Forest Community
|Little Brown Myotis
|Determine the distribution and relative abundance of Little Brown Myotis, with emphasis on identifying hibernacula and maternity roosting sites.
|Habitat loss.
Exotic invasive species (WNS).
|Little Brown Myotis
|Limit spread of white-nose syndrome by sharing protocols (such as the Canadian National White-Nose Syndrome Decontamination Protocol) for cave researchers, and maintaining access restrictions, to protect bats and their residences.
|Disturbance or harm.
Exotic invasive species (WNS).
|Little Brown Myotis
|Disturbance or harm; destruction of hibernacula or maternity roosts.
|Little Brown Myotis
|Enhance current communications aimed at raising awareness, and develop targeted communications in support of actions to prevent disturbance, disease transmission, and potential human-caused mortality.
|Habitat loss or degradation; Disturbance or harm (recreational or scientific); Invasive species (WNS).
|First 5 years.
|Whitebark Pine
|Invasive non-native / alien species (white pine blister rust); Problematic native species (mountain pine beetle).
|Ongoing. Identify rust-resistant stands in high risk areas by 2019.
|Whitebark Pine
|Invasive non-native / alien species (white pine blister rust); Problematic native species (mountain pine beetle); Fire and fire suppression
|Predictive map completed by 2017.
|Whitebark Pine
|Invasive non-native / alien species (white pine blister rust); Fire and fire suppression
|Whitebark Pine
|Protect and, where feasible, increase the number and extent of existing stands and of blister rust resistant individuals through habitat management and restoration.
|Fire and fire suppression;
Problematic native species (mountain pine beetle)
Beyond 2019 if additional funding is available.
|Whitebark Pine
|Continue communication activities aimed at increasing awareness of, and reducing human-caused impacts on, Whitebark Pine as outlined in the CoReFootnote 7 Whitebark Pine conservation project.
|Human intrusions and disturbance; recreational activities; commercial development – tourism and recreation areas.
|All species in plan
|Increase general awareness about species at risk that are found in the park, through interpretive programming, targeted communications, and outreach.
|Promotes general awareness of species at risk, recovery efforts, and steps that can be taken to contribute to recovery.
|All species in plan
|Provide timely and effective species-specific communications to target audiences to disseminate knowledge, enhance understanding, and ensure compliance with SARA requirements.
|Visitor activities are successfully managed to prevent habitat destruction or harm to individuals of a species.
|Human disturbance; habitat loss or degradation; accidental mortality.
|First 5 years.
|All species in plan
|Acquire data on species distribution and habitat use to fill knowledge gaps in order to increase efficacy of conservation and recovery actions. Data will be acquired through research and monitoring, and by promoting the reporting of observations by park staff, stakeholders, and visitors.
|All species in plan
|Strengthen species at risk recovery by working with Indigenous communities to incorporate traditional knowledge into SAR understanding.
|Indigenous traditional knowledge is incorporated to fill species knowledge gaps.
|This will be specific to the particular knowledge gap.
|As opportunities arise.
|All species in plan
|Increased Indigenous community involvement in the delivery of SAR outreach, education, and visitor experience actions.
|This will be specific to the species and type of action.
|As opportunities arise.
|All species in plan
|Work with adjacent land management agencies, conservation scientists, and others to improve understanding and knowledge of populations of species at risk, and to increase the level of recovery of species occurring across park boundaries within multiple jurisdictions throughout the species' range.
|All species in plan
|Maintain or increase law enforcement patrols to prevent disturbance, destruction or removal of species at risk and their habitats.
|Law enforcement capability is maintained or improved to prevent disturbance to SAR and associated habitat.
|Disturbance or harm; habitat loss.
Appendix C: Effects on the environment and other species
A strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is conducted on all SARA recovery planning documents, in accordance with the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals. The purpose of an SEA is to incorporate environmental considerations into the development of public policies, plans, and program proposals to support environmentally sound decision-making and to evaluate whether the outcomes of a recovery planning document could affect any component of the environment or achievement of any of the Federal Sustainable Development StrategyFootnote 8 goals and targets.
Recovery planning is intended to benefit species at risk and biodiversity in general. However, it is recognized that recovery actions may also inadvertently lead to environmental effects beyond the intended benefits. The planning process, which is based on national guidelines, directly incorporates consideration of all environmental effects, with a particular focus on possible impacts upon non-target species or habitats. The results of the SEA are incorporated directly into the plan itself, and are summarized below.
Overall, it is anticipated that implementation of this action plan will have a beneficial impact on non-target species, ecological processes, and the environment in Yoho National Park. This plan puts into practice recovery goals presented in draft recovery strategies, which were subject to SEAs during the development of those documents. Further, this action plan was developed to benefit species at risk that regularly occur in the park; all of these species were considered in the planning process. Where appropriate, measures were designed to benefit multiple species. The planning process was also guided by priorities identified in the park's ecological integrity monitoring program and the park management plan (Parks Canada, 2010). Consequently activities outlined in this plan address key management priorities aimed at improving the broader ecological health of the park. Finally, this plan outlines stewardship actions, educational programs, and awareness initiatives that will involve visitors, local residents, Indigenous organizations, stakeholders, and the general public. This will lead to greater appreciation, understanding, and action towards the conservation and recovery of species at risk in general.
- Footnote 1
- Footnote 2
- Footnote 3
Recovery Strategy for the Olive-sided Flycatcher in Canada, Recovery Strategy for Little Brown Myotis, Northern Myotis and Tri-coloured Bat in Canada (Proposed), Recovery Strategy for Whitebark Pine in Canada (Proposed).
- Footnote 4
Where population and distribution objectives have been established for YNP, monitoring is designed to directly measure success in achieving those goals.
- Footnote 5
Objectives are from the Proposed Recovery Strategy. The reader should consult the final version once completed for the official objectives.
- Footnote 6
Population has not been monitored historically, as threats were not present. Data collection on bat occupancy has begun due to the westward advance of white-nose syndrome, the principal threat to this species.
- Footnote 7
Refers to Parks Canada's Conservation and Restoration program.
- Footnote 8
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