USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Mussels from the Guadalupe River basin, TX
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Staff from Wolf Creek NFH assist Natchitoches NFH and Dale Hollow NHF staff members place mussel culture cages into floating racks in Dale Hollow Lake, TN
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Sub-adult Eastern pondmussels (Ligumia nasuta) propagated and reared at Harrison Lake NFH, VA
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Coordinated survey effort with state partners resulted in the discovery of over 400 adult Winged Mapleleaf mussels at the site of the 2008 mussel cage locations
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Cultured juvenile mussels have been tagged and are ready to be released into the Ohio River
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Black sandshell mussels produced by the Genoa National Fish Hatchery, WI
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
These juvenile Winged Mapleleaf mussel could very well represent the first successful reproduction in many years in the Upper Mississippi River system.
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Higgins Eye females attempting to attract fish hosts by displaying a lure resembling a small fish. USFWS photo.
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Ecological Services Morgan Wolf and Fisheries Jonathan Wardell working together to collect rare mussel species in Congaree National Park for a mussel survey
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
USFWS, NPS, and the South Carolina Aquarium working together to identify mussel species during freshwater mussel survey operations in Congaree National Park
USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation:
Checking Mussels