Blair Williamson, a beef producer from Lambton Shores, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Species at Risk Program Advisory Committee.
The Committee makes recommendations to the Minister on matters that relate to the implementation of the province's species at risk program, specifically:
- the role, in the administration of this Act, of the precautionary principle;
- the development and delivery of incentive programs and stewardship programs, including the Species at Risk in Ontario Stewardship Program;
- the development and promotion of best management practices related to the protection and recovery of species; the development and delivery of public education and outreach programs; the preparation and implementation of recovery strategies and management plans;
- the assembly of scientific information, including community knowledge and aboriginal traditional knowledge, that should be given to the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO) to assist it in the classification of species;
- the role of agreements and permits under this Act in assisting in the protection and recovery of species.
