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Conservation of native freshwater mussels as a program element of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) (35 KB) 2006
Clam Chronicles – 2005 An account of activities associated with efforts to propagate and repatriate Lampsilis higginsii in the Mississippi River, Minnesota  Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (1.5 MB) 2005 Mike Davis, Minnesota DNR
Freshwater Mussels of Minnesota:  A Plan for Controlled Propagation, Reintroduction and Augmentation within the Mississippi River from St. Anthony Falls to Lake Pepin Mike Davis, Minnesota DNR Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (384 KB) March 2005	Status of Implementation of Higgins Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives and Reasonable and Prudent Measures, and Winged Mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa) Reasonable and Prudent Measures Mussel Coordination Team (1.9 MB) November 2005
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel Early Life History Investigations Conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior in FY 2004 (565 KB) April 2005 Mark Steingraeber, Michelle Bartsch, John Kalas, Teresa Newton U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center La Crosse, Wisconsin	Distribution and Density of Zebra Mussel Veligers at Sites in the Upper Mississippi River System and its Major Tributaries, 2004 Mark D. Farr and Mark D. Antwine (226 KB) July 2005 U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory Vicksburg, Mississippi
Fish Lines Mussel Recovery Underway in the Upper Mississippi River -A Partnership in Action (1.5 MB) Vol. 3, No. 3 2005 Region 3 - Great Lakes/ Leadership in Conserving, Enhancing, Aquatic Ecosystems	Final Report: Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) survey of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Corridor, 2000-01 (5.1 MB) July 2002 Dan Kelner and Mike Davis Minnesota Department Services Division
Conservation Plan for Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System (1.1 MB) May 2004 Mussel Ad Hoc Committee of the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee	Higgins Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii) Recovery Plan: First Revision (3.0 MB) May 2004 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Lakes/Big Rivers Region Ft. Snelling, Minnesota
	Annual Report: Quantitative Assessment of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha, Pallas, 1771)in the Lower St. Croix River at Native Mussels Beds (368 KB) December 2004 National Park Service, St. Croix National Scenic Riverway St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
	Final Biological Opinion for the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Feasibility Study (1.1 MB) August 2004 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rock Island Field Office, Rock Island, Illinois Marion Suboffice, Marion, Illinois Twin Cities Field Office, Bloomington, Minnesota
Lampsilis higginsii recovery project Genoa National Fish Hatchery (323 KB) January 2004 Roger Gordon and Tony Brady Genoa National Fish Hatchery	Genetic variability and geographic structure of Lampsilis higginsii mussels in the upper Mississippi River and tributaries (318 KB) September 2004 Bonnie Bowen
	Mississippi River Between the Missouri River and Minneapolis, 9-Foot Channel Project - Measures for Managing Zebra Mussels Reconnaissance Report (1.5 MB) August 2003 St. Paul District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Summary of Zebra Mussel Monitoring Efforts for the Upper Mississippi River, 2001 through 2003 (506 KB) June 2004 Elliott Stefanik U. S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District	Plan for Controlled Propagation, Augmentation, and Reintroduction of Winged Mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa) (89 KB) April 2004 Twin Cities Field Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Measures for Managing Zebra Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River Navigation System: Federal Interest Assessment (82 KB) May 2003 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District	Saving the Higgins' Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginisii) from Extinction: 2002 Status Report on the Accomplishments of the Mussel Coordination Team (5.6 MB) April 2003 Mussel Coordination Team
2003 Action Plan for the Lower St. Croix River (104 KB) May 2003 St. Croix Zebra Mussel Task Force	Fish Host Identification for Glochidia of the Endangered Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (Quadrula fragosa) at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (24 KB) February 2003 Pam Thiel U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dr. Teresa Newton Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
UMR Mussel Species Distribution (135 KB) 2003 Dan Kelner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District
Progress Report on Genetic Study of Lampsilis higginsii (222 KB) February 2003 Bonnie Bowen Iowa State University	Definite Project Report and Environmental Assessment for Relocation Plan for the Endangered Higgins’ Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii), Upper Mississippi river and Tributaries, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois (2.5 MB) July 2002 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mussel Coordination Team
Freshwater Mussels of Iowa (147 KB) 2002 Iowa Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Agency Cedar Valley Resource Conservation and Development	Propagation and Restoration of Higgins' Eye Pearlymussels in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: Partnership Efforts and Achievements in 2000-2001 (2.9 MB) June 2002 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Resource Office Onalaska, Wisconsin
Saving the Higgins' Eye Pearlymussel (3.6 MB) May 2001 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	An Historical Analysis of Mussel Propagation and Culture: Research Performed at the Fairport Biological Station (37.6 MB) December 2001 James Pritchard Clear Creek Historical Research U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District
Native Mussel Extinctions? Not on OUR Watch!! Upper Mississippi River Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem Team (102 KB) February 2001 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Operational Procedures and Techniques for the Artificial Infestation of Lampsilis higginisii (1.8 MB) August 2001 Roger Gordon Genoa, Wisconsin
	A Call for Actions Needed to Help Prevent the Extinction of Mussels on the Upper Mississippi River System: Saving the Federally-Endangered Higgins’ Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii) and Endangered Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (Quadrula fragosa) (105 KB) February 2001 Upper Mississippi River Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem Team U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Propagation of the Federally Endangered Higgins’ eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii) at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery as a Survival Strategy (571 KB) October 2000 Kurt Welke Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Todd Turner, Roger Gordon Valerie Hyde, Pam Thiel U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Native Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System (376 KB) July 2000 Marian Havlik Malacological Consultants Jennifer Sauer Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project Operation and Maintenance - Section 7 Consultation - Higgins' Eye Pearlymussel (143 KB) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Upper Mississippi River Operation and Maintenance - Section 7 Consultation - Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (56 KB) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
La Crosse Fishery Resource Office Mussel Conservation Activities (30 KB) 2000 Great Lakes-Big Rivers Fishery Program	Freshwater Mussels. Chapter 11 In: Ecological Status and Trends of the Upper Mississippi River System 1998: A Report of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (380 KB) 1998 John Tucker Illinois Natural History Survey Charles Theiling U.S. Geological Survey
Biological Opinion for the Operation and Maintenance of the 9-Foot Navigation Channel on the Upper Mississippi River System (571 KB) April 2000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Relocating the Endangered Higgins' eye Pearlymussel in the Upper Mississippi River System (302 KB) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Strategy for the Conservation of Native Freshwater Mussels (116 KB) 1997 National Native Mussel Conservation Committee
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (Quadrula fragosa) Recovery Plan (20.9 MB) 1997 Winged Mapleleaf Mussel Recovery Team U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Zebra Mussel Mania Teachers Guide - Grades 5 and 6 (2.8 MB) 1996 Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program Illinois Rivers Project	A Recovery Plan for the Fat Pocketbook Pearly Mussel Potamilus capax (Green 1832) (2.1 MB) 1989 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A Strategic Plan for the Management of the Freshwater Mussel Resource of the Upper Mississippi River (15.9 MB) 1987 Mussel Management Committee - Fish Technical Section Upper Mississippi Conservation Committee