11.   And off-road vehicles have ripped up the habitat of desert tortoises, a threatened species.

12.   And yet Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, visiting Seattle Wednesday, said the effort to protect old-growth forests, spotted owls and other threatened species is fine.

13.   But experts say it is no sign that the threatened species is secure along a waterway long laced with toxic pollutants.

14.   But those suing the county say all nesting beaches are crucial to preservation of a threatened species.

15.   Clinton said Friday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed taking the bald eagle off of the list of threatened species.

16.   Conservationists say its tough to justify caging wild pandas merely to parade them in front of the public because keeping the creatures in captivity hurts the already threatened species.

17.   Critics argue habitat is crucial to such threatened species as the owl.

18.   Endangered species get more legal protection than threatened species.

19.   Federal officials proposed to declare that eight of nine wild salmon types in the Pacific Northwest would be listed as threatened species.

20.   Few area residents will feel it Tuesday, when the chinook salmon is declared a threatened species in Puget Sound.