river mussels
Lake Tahoe native mussels being relocated in order to protect species
Submitted by paula on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 11:55pm
Quagga mussels have been getting all the press lately but today it was the river mussel's turn for notoriety.
Native to the western U.S., the river mussel is now a protected species due to their population being threatened by dams, habitat modification due to the disappearance of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout from the Upper Truckee and other river habitat changing occurrences.
