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USFWS: Endangered and Threatened Freshwater Mussels
Consultation Contacts Regional Office Staff ES Field Offices Freshwater Mussels Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System Clubshell( ... Freshwater Mussel August 6, 2004 Federal Register Notice of Availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for the Scaleshell Mussel for PUblic Review and Comment: August 6, 2004 (PDF) Scaleshell Mussel ...
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Introduced Species
Missouri is the zebra mussel. The zebra mussel was released into the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1986 ... to all of Missouri’s waters. Once established, the zebra mussel is difficult to manage and nearly impossible to eliminate. The ... striped pattern on their shell. They are also the only freshwater mussel in North America that can attach to surfaces. If you ...
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Endangered Species in the Lake Champlain Basin
Eight freshwater mussel species are now listed as threatened or endangered. Zebra Mussels were first found in Lake ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – 2002 Photo Gallery
Photo © Ross Alford. Fine-lined Pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), is an Endangered freshwater mussel endemic to the United States. The species is found at sites in five river drainages ... . Photo © Wendell R. Haag. Eastern Cape Rocky (Sandelia bainsii), listed as Endangered, is a freshwater fish species that occurs only in short sections of several rivers in the Eastern Cape ...
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9/11 and the Heart of the World
North of there, in central Germany, a young biologist wades through streams counting the endangered freshwater mussel. I learned how his passion for the fate of this lowly creature is contagious: local ... math to writing, ecology, social studies); local townspeople and farmers, learning how and why their freshwater supply is disappearing, are taking measures to protect it. The third dimension of the ...
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9/11 and the Heart of the World
North of there, in central Germany, a young biologist wades through streams counting the endangered freshwater mussel. I learned how his passion for the fate of this lowly creature is contagious: local ... math to writing, ecology, social studies); local townspeople and farmers, learning how and why their freshwater supply is disappearing, are taking measures to protect it. The third dimension of the ...
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Dwarf Wedge Mussel
Dwarf wedge mussel have their own unique function in the ecosystem. And saving these small, freshwater shellfishes is important on several levels. (photo: National Wildlife Foundation.) Freshwater mussels cleanse ... people as well as to stream organisms. By protecting the Dwarf wedge mussel and other native freshwater mussels we provide a safer, healthier environment for mussels and humans alike ...
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Why Save?
Freshwater mussels which are harvested, cut into beads, and used to stimulate pearl construction ... contributes over $700 million to the U.S. economy annually. Unfortunately, 43% of the freshwater mussel species in North America are currently endangered or extinct. Aesthetic/Recreational Plant and ...
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Tar-Pamlico River Basin Nutrient Reduction Trading Program
The basin provides a habitat for nine state or federally listed threatened or endangered freshwater mussel species. The basin includes two national wildlife refuges (Lake Mattamuskeet and Swan Quarter--12,000 ... in Washington to 5 miles wide at its mouth. There are 2,335 miles of freshwater in the basin and 634,400 acres are classified as salt waters. Municipalities along the ...
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Species at Risk in Kansas
SINC list, it shows that over half of Kansas' 45 known species of freshwater mussels are in trouble. Nationwide, 71% of freshwater mussel ...
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