INSTRUCTIONS: Add punctuation to the following paragraphs. Include underlining. (Do not eliminate any punctuation already in the paragraph.) Every year thousands of animal species become extinct. They often lose their natural habitat because of overpopulation natural disasters and development by humans. Incorporated in 1951 the Nature Conservancy, a national nonprofit wildlife organization, pledges to protect both plants and animals in their natural habitat. Today more than 1,300 preserves exist throughout the world. According to the Nature Conservancy, Our goal is to find protect and maintain the best examples of communities ecosystems and endangered species in the natural world. For example a Conservancy in the town of Whiskey Mountain Wyoming has taken on the challenge of the

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survival of bighorn sheep. Near Pine Butte Montana an 18,000-acre preserve supports watering holes for such animals as the grizzly bear mountain lion bighorn sheep beaver, badger and more than 150 types of birds. In these many preserves both wildlife and their habitats are allowed to remain unspoiled.

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     Every year, thousands of animal species become extinct. They often lose their natural habitat because of overpopulation, natural disasters, and development by humans. Incorporated in 1951, the Nature Conservancy, a national nonprofit wildlife organization, pledges to protect both plants and animals in their natural habitat. Today, more than 1,300 preserves exist throughout the world. According to the Nature Conservancy, "Our goal is to find, protect, and maintain the best examples of communities' ecosystems and endangered species in the natural world." For example, a Conservancy in the town of Whiskey Mountain, Wyoming, has taken on the challenge of the survival of bighorn sheep. Near Pine Butte, Montana, an 18,000-acre preserve supports watering holes for such animals as the grizzly bear, mountain lion, bighorn sheep, beaver, badger, and more than 150 types of birds. In these many preserves, both wildlife and their habitats are allowed to remain unspoiled.