Environmental Science Save Our Species Campaign 2014

1. PALLID STURGEON
Tyler
Dyllan

2. HABITAT
 Lives near the bottom in strong currents.
 The river usually consists of sand and gravel.

3. ENDANGERMENT
 The reason for being endangered is commercial
fishing and modification of its habitat by dams and
navigation channels.
 In Arkansas the sturgeon defiantly has decreased in
abundance during the present century.
 It is the most abundant now in the Arkansas River

4. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
 Because these fish are known as the dinosaur and
are endangered.

5. HOW ITS PROTECTED.
 There are laws stating you cant fish for them and
there isn't any man made channels.

6. FOOD
 The sturgeon feeds on mainly insects larva, sheiks,
and small clams.

7. PREDATORS
 Fisherman and Construction are the sturgeons
predators.