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USFWS: Endangered and Threatened Freshwater Mussels
Ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa) Fact sheet Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum) Fact sheet Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon) Recovery Plan News Release: Draft Plan Outlines Steps to Help Rare 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 River, and the lower Meramec River. The zebra mussel thrives in lakes and rivers, and has the potential to spread to all of Missouri’s waters. ... 1 ½ inches, and have a very distinctive striped pattern on their shell. They are also the only freshwater mussel in North America that can attach to surfaces. If you believe you have located a population of ...
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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 Champlain in 1993. Have there been any success stories in the Lake Champlain basin? Yes. Ospreys almost became extinct in the ...
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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 ... species. 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: ... 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 Great ...
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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: ... 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 Great ...
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Dwarf Wedge Mussel
By protecting the Dwarf wedge mussel and other native freshwater mussels we provide a safer, healthier environment for mussels and humans alike, as ... survival of endangered species in New Brunswick? In the Petitcodiac River alone, additional species of freshwater mussels may be lost forever from the watershed if the causeway remains closed. Researchers from ...
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Why Save?
U.S. jobs and 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 animal species and their ecosystems form the ...
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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 ... wide 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 basin ...
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Species at Risk in Kansas
Kansas. Aren't there a lot of mussels on the list? Yes! Adding in the 12 mussel species on the SINC list, it shows that over half of Kansas' 45 known species of freshwater mussels are in trouble. Nationwide, 71% of freshwater mussel species are either in serious decline or extinct. These creatures are very sensitive to water quality ...
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