If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download it from Adobe for free by clicking here . Below, you will find the coloring book in an edited form for the web. To view a printable picture of a threatened or endangered species, click on its name. To view a definition of a highlighted word, click the link to bring you to the glossary. The Lower Columbia River Estuary Program is supported by the States of Oregon and Washington and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Nature sends out warnings too.
When changes are taking place in our environment that may someday affect human health, certain animals and plants find it more difficult to survive. Threatened and endangered species are nature's way of warning us that we need to act. We have learned, over the years, that when entire species of plants and animals become threatened or endangered, our own activities may be at fault. This means we know where and how we can make a difference. Special efforts have successfully prevented 99 percent of the species officially identified as threatened or endangered from extinction.