ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is planning a pilot project set to launch this spring to determine best practices for minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in lakes ...

A nearly $1 million project to restore a reproducing population of freshwater mussels into the upper reaches of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River is scheduled to begin next year. A National ...

“Finding rare species like these mussels challenges us to be even more thoughtful about plans that take mussel habitat into consideration.” Beyond ecological value, the project will hopefully expand ...

Shelby Township — It took only minutes for one of the fatmucket mussels tucked into the Stony Creek streambed to nestle into its new home. The small creature cracked open its shell and extended a ...

The data he studies includes population density, species diversity and water quality indicators. At the same time, he is ...

Changes to the Gowanus Canal, part of a major cleanup project in the notoriously polluted waterway, are resulting in loss of mussel habitat. But community intervention could increase the Atlantic ...

EMILY, Minn. -- The Department of Natural Resources is starting to initiate pilot projects aimed at treating recently discovered, small infestations of zebra mussels on Minnesota lakes after success ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Anyone traveling along the Gallup Park Pathway in Ann Arbor may have noticed a team of scuba divers in the Huron River on Wednesday, May 31. What’s happening? The Michigan Department ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Local crews have wrapped up the mussel relocation project in the Grand River much earlier than expected, allowing the plan to restore the rapids to move forward. Before ...

The long-awaited rehabilitation of the Tuxedo Bridge is set to begin this fall after an environmental study found no protected mussel species in the Caney River, clearing a major hurdle for the ...