The Elk was – and is – one of the most biodiverse rivers in the world, even as it’s recovering from more than a century of land and water use that made it hard for water-filtering mussels to survive.
During their weeklong survey of the Elk River, a team of biologists from TVA’s Environment and Sustainability group and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could expect to find any number of living, extremely rare mussels.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ed. note: The Elk River has its beginning atop the Cumberland Plateau in Grundy County. BB
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