ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Following a review of the best available science and public comment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing longsolid and round hickorynut freshwater mussels as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Service is also designating critical habitat and tailoring ESA protections to protect these imperiled species from going ex  more