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TENNESSEE BIOLOGISTS FIND ENDANGERED MUSSELS IN CUMBERLAND RIVER
As an aquatic biologist with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA),
Mark Fagg once snorkeled face to face with catfish as long as your
arm. But that didn't match the thrill he experienced last
week when he plucked a pair of freshwater mussels from the bottom
of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River just four miles from
the Kentucky line. The first mussel a species commonly known
as the elktoe had never been documented in the Big South
Fork, and the second mussel was a federally listed endangered species
called the tan riffleshell.
Source: Knight Ridder/Tribune
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/10/10182001/krt_45287.asp
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