Capstone blogpost

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At this point, I would like to create a Capstone project on the topic of endangered species in Washington state.  I will create a 3 page website to host a general introduction to the topic with a list of sources (links to Works Cited), an infographic, and a video remix.  I expect the infographic to define the difference between “endangered” and “threatened” species, to list the species that are in danger of becoming extinct, and the reasons why.  The video remix will be used to show images of the species and perhaps include what we can do to help.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has a great website where you can learn about endangered species in your state:  https://www.fws.gov/endangered.  In Washington state, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service currently (2015) lists 36 animals, birds, and fish as being endangered or threatened: 9 are endangered and the rest are threatened: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/reports/species-listed-by-state-report?state=WA&status=listed.  Since 1978 there have been 80 species “delisted” or removed from the endangered species list worldwide, either because they went extinct, or because there was an error in the original data, or because they recovered: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/reports/delisting-report.  The species report at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website has information broken down into categories such as plants or animals and by region such as the Pacific Northwest/Pacific Islands so you can find what you are looking for more easily: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species-reports.  The “Ask a Biologist” website hosted by ASU has some nice information about endangered species for children: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/what-endangered-species.

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