Wildlife students save native mussels at Claytor Lake State Park

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The Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society at RU helped with a native mussel rescue at Claytor Lake State Park. Every couple of years, the lake is drawn down to allow for landowners to repair docks, piers, etc. This exposes thousands of native mussels—which >130 volunteers help return to the water. This team of biology students rescued nearly 400 native mussels, and 7600 were rescued across all crews. 

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Nov 11, 2019
Karen Powers
540.831.5146
biology@radford.edu