Big Year of Rivers Speaker Series – Freshwater Mussels in the Mississippi River: A 100 Year Roller Coaster Ride
Minnesota is home to 51 native species of freshwater mussels that mostly live in rivers. This ecologically important group of filter feeding bottom dwellers experienced major declines in abundance and distribution in the last 100 years, resulting in nearly half of Minnesota’s species to be listed as threatened or endangered at state or federal levels. Join us for a presentation by Jordan Holcomb — Malacologist with the Minnesota DNR.