21.   They have repeatedly sued federal agencies to force them to add ever-greater protections for endangered native fish and wildlife.

22.   Tobin said Thursday that his country has sharply cut back its salmon catch in order to conserve endangered fish stocks.

23.   A farmer and a government irrigation official joined in cranking open a valve Wednesday, sending water flowing to farms that withered while water was conserved for endangered fish.

24.   An endangered fish whose ancestors swam with the dinosaurs appears to be making a comeback in the Missouri River, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.

25.   Because of a drought, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation cut off the irrigation water in April, diverting what water there was for endangered fish.

26.   Biologists work to save endangered fish.

27.   Canada seized the trawler Estai in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland last week saying it wants to stop overfishing of endangered fish.

28.   County commissioners refused Thursday to back up farmers and residents who use civil disobedience to reopen an irrigation canal closed to protect endangered fish.

29.   Farmers rigged an irrigation line into a canal Sunday in defiance of a federal order that has blocked water for crops to save endangered fish.

30.   For example, federal authorities could not approve construction of a dam that would harm an endangered fish.