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3	The name of the URL for the website for the Initiative: www….		1	A group of similar organisms whose members can breed with one another to produce fertile offspring.
6	The estimated size of the population of white sturgeon adults currently residing in the upper Columbia River		2	A group of similar organisms whose members can breed with one another to produce fertile offspring.
7	The Provincial term given to define a Red Listed species like the upper Columbia white sturgeon: "critically ________"		4	This fish has changed little over its 175 _______ year existence.
8	The white sturgeon is also called Acipenser ___________ in Latin?		5	What the female adult white sturgeon releases during spawning.
12	Short name that refers to the Passive Integrated Transponder tag used on sturgeon for future identification.		8	Group of experts in sturgeon biology whose overall role is to develop and implement a Recovery Plant. The Recovery ____.
13	The portion of the Columbia River where the white sturgeon population are "critically imperiled"		9	Information obtained from a pectoral fin ray section.
14	The habitat used by young white sturgeon for eating and resting.		10	Other name for small circular plaques (bony plates) found in five rows on the white sturgeon (plural)
16	Abbreviation for Kootenay Sturgeon Conservation Hatchery		11	Common name of Acipenser transmontanus? White ________
18	The name of the fin from which a piece of bone is cut to be used for age analysis.		12	The Initiative developed this document as a first step in providing a range of objectives to prevent the disappearance of sturgeon in upper Columbia.
20	The name given to something that is very old.		15	Abbreviation given for the Initiative's name: Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative
22	The name of the activity given to male and female adult white sturgeon producing their offspring.		17	The activity undertaken for the purpose of preservation of weak, threatened, or endangered species.
23	Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery ________		19	The location in which white sturgeon live….the _____.
26	The type of sturgeon found in the upper Columbia River.		21	The devices used to apply to white sturgeon for their identification in the future.
27	Upper Columbia White Sturgeon ________ Initiative.		24	"whisker-like sensors" white sturgeon use for detecting food.
28	The name of the river in which the white sturgeon population is estimated at approximately 1,400 adults.		25	_____Planning Group, the body which seeks support of people and organizations to assist in rebuilding the white sturgeon population.