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The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1995	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tom Lamb	Wildlife Management Area	217,960	protected area overlaps with site	200,000
Saskeram	Wildlife Management Area	96,648	protected area overlaps with site	87,000
Red Rock Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	502	protected area contained by site	450
Pasquia	Community Pasture	2,014	protected area contained by site	2,000
Pasquia	Regional Park	100	protected area contained by site	2,000
Cormorant	Protective Forest	79,412	protected area overlaps with site	12,000
Clearwater Lake Provincial Park	Provincial Park	12,085	protected area contained by site	58,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate mixed	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Freshwater marshes & swamps	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban & industrial areas	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saskatchewan River Delta. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saskatchewan-river-delta-iba-canada on 01/10/2023.