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The Cookeville Field Office provides assistance throughout the State of Tennessee to Federal and State agencies, local governments, businesses, and the general public relative to conserving, protecting, and restoring habitat for migratory birds and federally threatened and endangered species.  Our assistance is typically provided through six programs: pre-development consultation, federal permits and projects, endangered species, environmental contaminants, partners for fish and wildlife, and education/outreach.

 

Fish and Wildlife Service Announces 5 Year Review Regarding Status of Three Endangered Southeastern Mussels

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a five-year status review that recommends removing three endangered mussels from the list of endangered and threatened species because they are believed to be extinct.

The three endangered Southeastern mussels are the turgid-blossom pearlymussel, yellow-blossom pearlymussel, and green-blossom pearlymussel.

The turgid-blossom pearlymussel lived in the Tennessee River and Cumberland River drainages in Tennessee, in Spring Creek, the Black River, and White River in Arkansas, and in Shoal Creek and Bear Creek in Alabama. The yellow-blossom pearlymussel lived in the Tennessee River and Cumberland River drainages in Tennessee and Alabama. The green-blossom pearlymussel lived in the upper Tennessee River drainage in Tennessee and Virginia. All three species were listed as endangered in 1976.

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