Read the passage. North American river otters are a species whose population can indicate the degree of health in the surrounding environment. The otters experienced a sharp decrease in numbers in the 1900s. This was due to fur trapping and pollution. They are not considered endangered today, though.

Which sentence could be added to the passage to maintain its formal style?

The otter is on the endangered species list.

Fur trapping and pollution are legal today.

If people would leave otters alone, they would be healthy.

Through conservation efforts, the otter population has recovered.

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.