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Endangered Species
Freshwater Mussels - Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates

Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System

Clubshell(Pleurobema clava)

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

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)

Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

Recovery

Recovery Plan

Curtis' pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisi)

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

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)

Fact sheet

Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)

Fact sheet

Higgins eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Species Profile linked to the National USFWS Endangered Species website
Fact Sheet: Higgins eye pearlymussel

Recovery

Higgins eye pearlymussel 5 Year Review
Higgins eye pearlymussel recovery plan: first revision - PDF May 2004
Fact Sheet: Saving the Higgins' eye Pearlymussel - Propagation at Genoa National Fish Hatchery (May 2001)

Section 7 Consultation

Fact Sheet: Upper Mississippi River Section 7 Consultation

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)

Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

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

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

Pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis orbiculata (=l. abrupta))

Fact sheet
Life History Information (links goes to FWS National Endangered Species website)

Purple cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma (=l. dysnomia) obliquata obliquata)

Fact sheet
USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

Ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)

Fact sheet

Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)

Fact sheet

Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)

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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Tubercled-blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

Fact sheet

White cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

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*)

White wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus)

Fact sheet

Winged maple leaf (Quadrula fragosa)

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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