“There’s a Gonidea. There’s another one,” Maine said as she pointed out mussels while she snorkeled. These freshwater mussels are commonly known as western ridged mussels.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the western ridged mussel to the Endangered Species List, a potential designation that has brought more attention to mussels in the West, where freshwater mussels are imperiled, Maine said.
On the Middle Fork of the John Day River in Oregon, where Maine surveys, she continued talking through her snorkel, scanning the riverbed for freshwater mussels as she slowly moved upstream.
“I could spend all day here. The light is so good right now,” Maine said through her snorkel.
upstream.https://www-opb-org.cdn.ampproject....-northwest-freshwater-mussels/?outputType=amp
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the western ridged mussel to the Endangered Species List, a potential designation that has brought more attention to mussels in the West, where freshwater mussels are imperiled, Maine said.
On the Middle Fork of the John Day River in Oregon, where Maine surveys, she continued talking through her snorkel, scanning the riverbed for freshwater mussels as she slowly moved upstream.
“I could spend all day here. The light is so good right now,” Maine said through her snorkel.
upstream.https://www-opb-org.cdn.ampproject....-northwest-freshwater-mussels/?outputType=amp