1 00:00:01,533 --> 00:00:06,533 (MUSIC) 2 00:00:06,533 --> 00:00:07,633 JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, 3 00:00:07,633 --> 00:00:09,166 HOST: THE MAIN THREAT TO 85 4 00:00:09,166 --> 00:00:10,867 PERCENT OF ALL THE SPECIES ON 5 00:00:10,867 --> 00:00:12,166 THE THREATENED OR ENDANGERED 6 00:00:12,166 --> 00:00:13,633 LIST IS HABITAT LOSS. 7 00:00:13,633 --> 00:00:15,166 HABITAT IS DESTROYED IN LOTS OF 8 00:00:15,166 --> 00:00:16,000 WAYS. 9 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,266 LAND IS CONVERTED FOR 10 00:00:17,266 --> 00:00:18,734 AGRICULTURAL USE OR FOR HUMAN 11 00:00:18,734 --> 00:00:20,000 DEVELOPMENT. 12 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,433 WATER IS DIVERTED FROM MARSHES 13 00:00:21,433 --> 00:00:23,000 AND STREAMS TO GROW FOOD OR TO 14 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,433 CREATE ELECTRICITY. 15 00:00:24,433 --> 00:00:25,800 AND HABITAT IS DESTROYED BY WILD 16 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,100 FIRES AND OTHER NATURAL 17 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:28,633 DISASTERS. 18 00:00:28,633 --> 00:00:30,066 SOMETIMES, HABITAT IS LOST 19 00:00:30,066 --> 00:00:31,633 BECAUSE OF FRAGMENTATION. 20 00:00:31,633 --> 00:00:33,633 ROADS DIVIDE MIGRATION ROUTES. 21 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:35,266 OR DAMS STOP FISH LIKE SALMON 22 00:00:35,266 --> 00:00:36,700 FROM GETTING TO AND FROM THE 23 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:37,700 OCEAN. 24 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:39,233 AND SOMETIMES HABITAT IS LOST 25 00:00:39,233 --> 00:00:40,700 BECAUSE OF DEGRADATION. 26 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:42,367 POLLUTION CONTAMINATES BOTH LAND 27 00:00:42,367 --> 00:00:43,900 AND WATER. 28 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:45,266 EVEN CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS 29 00:00:45,266 --> 00:00:47,066 HABITATS ARE THREATED BECAUSE OF 30 00:00:47,066 --> 00:00:48,633 RISING TEMPERATURES OR BECAUSE 31 00:00:48,633 --> 00:00:50,000 THE OCEAN IS BECOMING MORE 32 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,333 ACIDIC. 33 00:00:51,333 --> 00:00:52,700 SO, DO YOUR PART TO PROTECT 34 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:54,166 HABITATS, SO PLANTS AND ANIMALS 35 00:00:54,166 --> 00:00:55,900 HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME. 36 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:57,266 FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT 37 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:58,633 THE SCIENCE TREK WEBSITE. 38 00:00:58,633 --> 00:00:59,800 YOU'LL FIND IT AT 39 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,333 IDAHOPTV.ORG/SCIENCE TREK 40 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:05,433 (MUSIC)