Freshwater Mussels
Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates
Freshwater
Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System
Clubshell Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
Fact sheet
Species
Account
Final
Rule: Determination of Endangered Status for the Northern Riffleshell
Mussel (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and the Clubshell Mussel (Pleurobema
clava) - January 22, 1993
Clubshell Recovery
Environmental Assessment for Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell Augmentation in Illinois - Public Comment Period July 8, 2008 through August 8, 2008
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restoring Southeast Michigan’s High Diversity Landscapes Through Collaborative Stewardship – Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties,
Indiana – ($45,000*)
Non-tradtional S6 Grant (May 2007): Land Acquisition Initiative Along the Little Darby Creek State and National Scenic River
to Aid in the Recovery of Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell (Madison County, OH):
$247,395
Section 6 funded project (2006): Biology, Propagation, and Reintroduction of Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana) and Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
Fact sheet
Recovery
Recovery
Plan
Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
Fact sheet
Species'
Profile linked to National USFWS Endangered Species website
Recovery
5 Year Review Initiated September 21, 2006
Best
Management Practices for the Curtis' Pearlymussel (Missouri Department
of Conservation) - PDF
Fact sheet
Fact sheet
Higgins
eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
Higgins eye pearlymussel web page
Mussels
America's Mussels:
Silent Sentinals
Mussels of the St. Croix River
Mussels of the Ohio River
The Zebra Mussel Threat
Neosho
mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
Neosho
Mucket Candidate Form (PDF)
Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information
Fact sheet
Final
Rule: Determination of Endangered Status for the Northern Riffleshell
Mussel (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and the Clubshell Mussel (Pleurobema
clava) - January 22, 1993
Species
Profile (link goes to the USFWS national website)
Recovery
Environmental Assessment for Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell Augmentation in Illinois - Public Comment Period July 8, 2008 through August 8, 2008
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties,
Indiana – ($45,000*)
Non-traditional S6 Grant (May 2007): Land Acquisition Initiative Along the Little Darby Creek State and National Scenic River
to Aid in the Recovery of Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell (Madison County, OH):
$247,395
Section 6 funded project (2006): Biology, Propagation, and Reintroduction of Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana) and Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Orange-footed
pearlymussel (=pimple back) (Plethobasus cooperianus (p.
striatus))
Fact sheet
Fact sheet
Life History Information (links goes to FWS National Endangered Species website)
Fact sheet
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact
Sheet
Fact sheet
Fact sheet
Recovery Plan
News Release: Draft Plan Outlines Steps to Help Rare Freshwater Mussel August
6, 2004
Federal
Register Notice of Availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for
the Scaleshell Mussel for PUblic Review and Comment: August 6, 2004
(PDF)
Scaleshell Mussel Draft Recovery Plan (PDF)
General Information
Fact Sheet
Species
Profile (links to our national endangered species website)
Status
Assessment Summary
Status Assessment (.pdf file 173K)
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here for link to free Adobe software to read .pdf files
Fact sheet
Fact sheet
Recovery
Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties,
Indiana – ($45,000*)
Fact sheet
Fact sheet
Fact sheet: Upper Mississippi River Section
7 Consultation
Recovery
Plan (pdf file; 359 pages)
Mussels of the St. Croix River
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