. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 9: Endangered Species 151 From the outset, there was much progress on which to report. Less than two years after RENEW was launched, recovery teams had been estabhshed for 14 of the 28 terrestrial vertebrate species then listed by COSEWIC. An estimated $ million, supplied var- iously by the RENEW member organizations and a wide range of other sponsors, had been spent on recovery actions (fall 1989 to fall 1990).^-^ Nine years into the program, Steve Curtis, Chairperson of RENEW and Associate Director General of CWS, reported that a tot
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 9: Endangered Species 151 From the outset, there was much progress on which to report. Less than two years after RENEW was launched, recovery teams had been estabhshed for 14 of the 28 terrestrial vertebrate species then listed by COSEWIC. An estimated $ million, supplied var- iously by the RENEW member organizations and a wide range of other sponsors, had been spent on recovery actions (fall 1989 to fall 1990).^-^ Nine years into the program, Steve Curtis, Chairperson of RENEW and Associate Director General of CWS, reported that a total of 33 species recovery teams were active. CWS staff were members of 25 of these teams and chaired 16 of them, primarily, though not exclu- sively, those that dealt with migratory birds. In 1996-1997, spending on RENEW species totalled $ million, and again the funds came from a wide coalition of organizations and institutions.^'* An interesting evolution in the approach to species recovery is evident in the fact that one team, headed by CWS biologist Mike Cadman, developed a com- bined recovery strategy for two species, the Hooded Warbler and the Acadian Flycatcher, which share similar habitat requirements in the Carolinian eco- zone of southwestern Ontario.^^ Another promising multispecies initiative took shape in British Columbia, where the South Okanagan Ecosystem Recovery Team was established in 1997 to address the needs of a variety of species, including the Pygmy Short-homed Lizard, Sage Thrasher, White- headed Woodpecker, and Yellow-breasted Chat. CWS members of this team were Pam Krannitz and Rhonda Millikin of the Pacific and Yukon Region.^^ There was good news, too, regarding a number of creatures that had become icons of species protection over the years. Baird's Sparrow was delisted by COSEWIC on the basis of evidence that the popula- tion of this prairie passerine was much larger than had been known when it was designated as threatened in 1989. The Ferruginous
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