Endangered Mussels Reproduce for the First Time in Decades

Mussels can help marsh growth through accretion.
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Mussels can help marsh growth through accretion. Image Pixabay

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Takeaways:

  • Endangered mussels are reproducing in the Cedar River in Minnesota for the first time in decades.
  • The Department of Natural Resources has continuously released thousands of sand shells and mucket mussels into the river, hoping they will begin reproducing.
  • Mussels play an important role in rivers as they filter the water of bacteria and sequester chemicals and poisons.

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