These five species are the round hickorynut, frecklebelly madtom, whitebark pine, Big Creek crayfish and St. Francis River crayfish. “I’d be overjoyed if the Fish and Wildlife Service followed its ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Big Creek and St. Francis River crayfish as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Service also designated 2,112 river miles of ...

In 1922, William Mulholland began building the St. Francis Dam to create a reservoir for the Los Angeles–Owens River aqueduct. To meet the growing water needs of Los Angeles, he decided to ...