Photo By/Credit
Gary Peeples/USFWSDate Shot/Created
07/23/2025Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Byron Hamstead snorkels the East Fork of the Pigeon River, Haywood County, NC, searching for mussels.
Ecosystem
River/stream
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