The task force overseeing the restoration and maintenance of four lakes and dams in Midland and Gladwin counties ruined in epic flooding in 2020 has a multimillion-dollar job and a 2-inch problem.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a critical habitat designation to protect that includes the snuffbox, rayed bean and ...

LYONS, MI -- Relocation of an endangered freshwater mussel species in the Grand River has begun in Ionia County ahead of a delayed dam removal project at a popular fishing spot. Epioblasma triquetra, ...

VICKSBURG, Mich. (WOOD) — A project to revitalize an old paper mill in Vicksburg saw an unexpected development when an endangered freshwater mussel was discovered on the site. Snuffbox mussels were ...

Four mussel species are included in the designation, according to wildlife experts.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - When Chip Richards, co-founder of Grand Rapids Whitewater, first started thinking about restoring rapids to the Grand River, he did not know anything about the Epioblasma triquetra, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Work has halted on the $27 million Vrooman Road bridge over the Grand River because of concern about an endangered species called the snuffbox mussel, the Lake County engineer's ...

Conservation biologist Jesse Weinzinger thinks mussels are arguably the most underappreciated animals in the world. With species names like monkeyface, fawnsfoot, snuffbox and purple wartyback, he may ...

Beneath the surface of the Allegheny River, some of the region’s most endangered animals are quietly disappearing. Freshwater ...

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