It is easy to see why the bald eagle, our national symbol, should be protected; but what about the lowly fat pocketbook mussel or the decurrent false aster?

Using photomurals, maps, colorful panels, sculpture, and pop-up story books, Saving Endangered Species, Saving Ourselves? is a traveling exhibit developed by the Bell Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 Division of Endangered Species. It uses federally listed species of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio to explore how endangered species, even humble ones, are often warning signals of environmental problems that harm many other species, including humans.

This exhibit focuses on the harmful environmental changes in the Midwest that have led to the decline in the biodiversity of the region. The exhibit concludes with case-studies of how people are helping to save species through proper land management, healthy lifestyles and, consumer activism.

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