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This report investigates the role of instream flows as part of a program to protect and recover certain water-dependent endangered species. For the purposes of this report, instream flows are defined as non-consumptive, in-channel flows of water. We examined two case studies of endangered fish species programs that included instream flows, one on the upper Colorado River and one on the San Juan River. Cost savings with cooperative recovery programs...

Native fishes of the upper Colorado River UCR basin are declining in abundance. Alteration of the natural riverine environment during the last 100 years by human actions including physical alterations and the introduction of nonnative species. Changes in the physical and biological characteristics of riverine habitat have contributed to the endangerment of four native fish species Colorado (pikeminnow, humpback chub, bonytail, and razorback sucker)....

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of tigers.

Cursed by an old carnival game, sixth-grader Rex Dexter uses his new ability to communicate with dead animals to investigate the mysterious deaths of endangered zoo animals.

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.

Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.