U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Draft Recovery Plan for Four Imperiled Freshwater Mussels
January 27, 2024
January 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release:
They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have drafted a plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase . . .
They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have drafted a plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase . . .