The task force overseeing the restoration and maintenance of four lakes and dams in Midland and Gladwin counties ruined in epic flooding in 2020 has a multimillion-dollar job and a 2-inch problem.

They may not have backbones, but freshwater mussels help uphold natural ecosystems in rivers and streams across Michigan, which is home to a couple of species federal scientists consider imperiled.

MIDLAND COUNTY, MI – A branch of the federal government is seeking public input on a proposed habitat conservation plan around the Edenville Dam restoration project. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Local crews have wrapped up the mussel relocation project in the Grand River much earlier than expected, allowing the plan to restore the rapids to move forward. Before ...

Deep within the Tennessee River and its tributaries are creatures that help keep our water clean.Mussels with fantastic names - such as snuffbox, sheepnose and Appalachian elktoe - act a. . .

They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A mussel relocation project in the Grand River that is part of the Grand River Revitalization Initiative has finished ahead of schedule, the City of Grand Rapids announced Monday ...

When it comes to river health and the creatures who live in and along it, the Ohio’s muddy surface only tells part of the story. With eight member states, the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — City officials and members of the Grand Rapids WhiteWater team gathered for a press event on Thursday where they announced plans to begin relocating mussels in the Grand River.