COSEWIC Assessment report and Ontario Recovery Strategy for Rapids Clubtail
UPDATE: 2016 RECOVERY STRATEGY DOCUMENT RELEASED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION:
OR go directly to Environment Canada site
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor) is an endangered species of dragonfly, found in Canada only in Ontario, on the Mississippi and Humber rivers.
Gomphus quadricolor, Almonte. Still from videorecording, June 18, 2015. P. Donaldson
Habitat for this endangered species includes the Mississippi River in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills at Almonte, Pakenham and Blakeney. These are the protected sites under the Endangered Species Act, but recovery plans cite possibility of the insects existence at other locations on the river.
Further details of status report and recovery plans which have been initiated in the past can be found in the following two documents available here as pdf’s. Note that these are currently the most up-to-date documents available from Ontario agencies monitoring species at risk, that we are aware of, but new information may be made available by MNRF or others at any time. When this information become available we will post it here asap.
COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor) in Canada, 2008
UPDATE: 2016 RECOVERY STRATEGY DOCUMENT RELEASED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION:
OR go directly to Environment Canada site
