A multi-agency team took a hands-on approach to boosting native mussel populations in the Cuyahoga River this fall, marking a ...
Michigan has a mussel expert who wants to save the native filter feeders from being smothered by invasive mussels now in the Great Lakes. Michael Hillary is a fisheries biologist with the state ...
Last month, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a major aquatic rehabilitation project was completed with high success. It was an experimental aquatic habitat ...
When zebra mussels were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1988, I was not particularly concerned about the impacts they would have on Lake Erie. As a 2-year-old, I was just beginning to learn to ...
Unassuming freshwater mussels are emerging as environmental heroes. These humble mollusks serve as the “livers of our rivers,” filtering 10-20 gallons of water daily while removing harmful algae, ...