Notice is provided on October 19, 2022, that the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board (“NMRWB”) and the Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (“EMRWB”) will be conducting a Joint Written Public Hearing to consider the approval of the reassessment of the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) from a species of “Special Concern” to “Threatened” under the federal Species at Risk Act (“SARA”).

The bottom of this page will contain the information registry, the questions for parties, and the answers / final submissions.

The hearing will be held from October 19 – November 16, 2022. The NMRWB and EMRWB are accepting written or oral submissions and questions, as well as additional information for the hearing process. The schedule and deadlines for each phase of the hearing are summarized below.

a) Opening & Question Period:
– Parties can provide additional Information for hearing registry;
– Requests can be made for official party status.– Boards submit questions for parties;
– Parties submit questions for other Parties;

Deadline for submissions: November 2, 2022

b) Answer Period:
– Parties provide answers to questions posed to them in the question period;

Deadline for submissions: November 9, 2022

d) Closing Period:
– Parties may provide closing statements for consideration by the Boards in decision-making;

Deadline for submissions: November 16, 2022

Submissions may be sent electronically (preferred) to wildlife@eeyoumarineregion.ca or by fax to the following coordinates:

Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board
info@nmrwb.ca
P.O. Box 433, Inukjuak (QC) J0M 1M0
Phone: (819) 254-8667
Fax: (819) 254-8816

Please contact the staff if you have any questions.