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Henderson County (Mar 9, 2024) - On an overcast Friday morning, a small team gathered, coffee mugs in hand, on the edge of a public park in Mills River, the occasional walker or jogger passing by. It was planting day.

Biologists have just begun to learn whether their bold plan worked to save the golden riffleshell, a freshwater mussel teetering on the brink of extinction.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that three types of mussels found in Tennessee be added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species. These mussels include the Cumberland moccasinshell, Tennessee clubshell, and Tennessee pigtoe.

A McDowell County neighborhood’s concerns about the impact of a mining operation drew the attention of state regulators two years ago. In addition to the nuisance of living near a mine, residents of rural Hick Chapel worry the extraction of dimension stone from an open pit could impact their water source.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal regulators designated two U.S. freshwater mussels as threatened on Wednesday, a further sign of trouble for native mollusks that help cleanse waters by filtering out

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted protected status to longsolid and round hickorynut freshwater mussels as populations dwindle in the Eastern US

Two freshwater mussel species are getting federal protection. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it will designate the longsolid and round hickorynut mussels as threatened. This means theyre

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators designated two U.S. freshwater mussels as threatened on Wednesday, a further sign of trouble for native mollusks that help cleanse waters by filtering out pollutants as they feed.

The state wants to add the Saltmarsh sparrow and Ashton's cuckoo to its endangered list, and designate four other birds, a bat and a beetle as threatened.

The state wants to add the Saltmarsh sparrow and Ashton's cuckoo to its endangered list, and designate four other birds, a bat and a beetle as threatened.