USFWS proposes recovery plan for imperiled mussels

They have quirky names and often are mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a recovery plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox, and spectaclecase.

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