Freshwater Mussel Recovery News & Reports!
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2021
Morning Ag Clips – ‘Livers of our rivers’ could help clean Pa. wataers – July 29, 2021
Medium – Take Me to the River Bottom – May 3, 2021
2019
The Washington Post– Can tens of thousands of mussels help save the polluted Anacostia River?– October 23, 2019
Knowable Magazine– The Hidden Strengths of Freshwater Mussels – June 21, 2019
The Inquirer – Half a Million Mussels to be Hatched Yearly at Bartram’s Garden– January 15, 20129
Delaware Public Media-Planned multi-million-dollar Mussel Hatchery Meant to Improve Water Quality-January 16, 2019
WHYY–Freshwater Mussel Hatchery at Bartram’s Gardens Aims to Provide Natural Filter for Pa. rivers, stream-January 22, 2019
2018
The Review – NATURAL SELECTIONS: Andorra’s Lance Butler grows mighty mussels – September 5, 2018
Keystone Edge – Putting some mussels into PA rivers – July 25, 2018
State Impact – Philadelphia bets millions that restoring mussels in the Delaware River Basin can improve water quality – May 2, 2018
2017
WHYY 90.9 FM Newsworks: Restoring mussel populations and improving water quality in northern Delaware – August 30, 2017
WDEL 101.7 FM & 1150AM: Video | SUEZ Delaware Operations ‘mussels’ in to give Delawareans cleaner water – August 30, 2017
BCTV.org: Phila. Shows Off its Mussels in World’s First City-owned Hatchery – February 17, 2017
WHYY 90.9 FM Newsworks: Philly exhibit elevates lowly mussels as water-filtration wonders – February 14, 2017
Philadelphia Inquirer – Mussel mania comes to Fairmount Water Works – February 13, 2017
2016
WHYY-TV 12 PBS First – Flexing Delaware’s mussels – October 7, 2016
2010 – 2015
PhillyMag.com – Surprising Wild Animals Spotted in Philadelphia – April 2015
Yale e360 – Natural Filters: Mussels Deployed To Clean Up Polluted Waterways – March 2015
Grid Magazine – Hard-working Mussels: A new effort brings the mysterious mussel back to a Philadelphia waterway – November, 2014
Exel, Drexel University’s Research Magazine – The Underdogs – June 2012
WHYY 90.9 FM Newsworks – On the Hunt for Disappearing Fresh Water Mussels – May 18, 2012
National Geographic – Delaware River Basin Mussels: Freshwater Species of the Week – May 18, 2012
NOAA Press – Mussel Memory: How a Long-Term Marine Pollution Program Got New Life – June 11, 2012
Montgomery News – Lower Salford Asked to Help Fund Mussel Study – June 07, 2012
CBS Philadelphia – Estuary Needs Help Finding Mussels – May 27, 2012
Philadelphia Inquirer – Surprising Survivors – January 17, 2011
Philadelphia Inquirer – Mussel Find Suggests Delaware River Health – November 26, 2010
Reports & Presentations
| Year | Publication | Download |
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| 2021 | Chesapeake Bay Foundation STAC Workshop Report - Incorporating Freshwater Mussels into the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts (For more information, visit https://www.chesapeake.org/stac/document-library/incorporating-freshwater-mussels-into-the-chesapeake-bay-restoration-efforts/) | Download PDF |
| 2018 | Restoration of Several Native Species of Bivalve Molluscs for Water Quality Improvement in Mid-Atlantic Watersheds. Danielle Kreeger, Catherine M. Gatenby and Peter W. Bergstrom. Journal of Shellfish Research, vol. 37: 1121-1157. | Download PDF |
| 2018 | Juvenile Freshwater Mussel Stocking for Water Quality Enhancement in Southeast Pennsylvania Waters Report No. 18-06 | Download PDF |
| 2017 | Freshwater Mussels, pp. 271-277. In: Technical Report for the Delaware Estuary & Basin 2017. Danielle Kreeger, Kurt Cheng. (Haaf, L., S. Demberger, D. Kreeger, and E. Baumbach, Eds.) Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. Report No. 17.07. 255 pp. | Download PDF |
| 2017 | Comparative Evaluation of Native Bivalve Species Restoration for Water Quality Improvement in the Chesapeake Bay and Other Mid-Atlantic Watersheds. PDE Report No.17-05 | Download PDF |
| 2016 | A national strategy for the conservation of native freshwater mollusks. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. Freshw. Mollusk Biol. Conserv. 19:1-21. | Download PDF |
| 2015 | Assessing the Status of Freshwater Mussels within Longwood Gardens. PDE Report No. 15-07. | Download PDF |
| 2015 | Current Status and Restoration of Freshwater Mussels in Northern Delaware. PDE Report No. 15-04. | Download PDF |
| 2015 | Freshwater Mussel Scientific Research and Community Involvement for Improved Water Quality in the Urban PA Coastal Zone. PDE Report No. 15-02. | Download PDF |
| 2014 | Re-Introduction of Freshwater Mussels into Red Clay and White Clay Creeks, DE. PDE Report No. 14-02. | Download PDF |
| 2014 | The Re-Introduction of Freshwater Mussels to the Mainstem Skippack Creek. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. Sponsored by the Lower Salford Township Authority. PDE Report No. 14-01. | Download PDF |
| 2014 | Monitoring fitness of caged mussels (Elliptio complanata) to assess and prioritize streams. Matthew Gray & Danielle Kreeger. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. vol. 24. pp. 218-203 | Download PDF |
| 2013 | A Freshwater Mussel Recovery Strategy for the Delaware Estuary and River Basin. Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. April 2013. 7 p. | Download PDF |
| 2013 | Freshwater Mussel Diversity and Abundance Versus Depth in a Tidal Estuary. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Philadelphia Water Department, and USEPA. Poster presented at the 2013 Conference of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation. San Diego, CA. | Download PDF |
| 2013 | Importance of Freshwater Mussels for Water Quality in the Tidal Delaware River: Preliminary Findings from Quantitative Surveys in 2012 . Danielle Kreeger, Melanie Mills, Lance Butler, Roger Thomas, Priscilla Cole. Presentation at the 2013 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit. | Download PDF |
| 2013 | Spatial Relationships Between Sediment Composition and Freshwater Mussel Distribution in the Tidal Delaware River: Preliminary Findings. Lance Butler, Jim D’Agostino, Danielle Kreeger, Roger Thomas, Melanie Mills, Priscilla Cole. Presentation at the 2013 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit. | Download PDF |
| 2013 | Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in Relation to Depth in the Tidal Delaware River. Roger Thomas, Melanie Mills, Danielle Kreeger, Priscilla Cole, Lance Butler. Poster presentation at the 2013 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit. | Download PDF |
| 2013 | Connecting People to Aquatic Biodiversity: Freshwater Mussel Surveys in Pennsylvania's Coastal Zone. Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. PDE Report 13-02. | Download PDF |
| 2012 | Freshwater Mussel Recovery Program in the Delaware Estuary. Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. Report No. 12-02. pp.42 | Download PDF |
| 2012 | Guidebook: Freshwater Mussels of the Delaware Estuary. Partnership for the Delaware Estuary | Download PDF |
| 2012 | Blue Collar Bivalves Working Magic for Ecosystems. Academy of Natural Sciences Town Square. March 5, 2012 | Download PDF |
| 2011 | Recent Discoveries of Rare Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in the Urban Corridor of the Delaware Estuary. Delaware Estuary Science and Enviornmental Summit, Cape May NJ. January, 2011 | Download PDF |
| 2011 | Proceedings of the 2011 Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit. Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. | Download PDF |
| 2011 | Kreeger, D. Physiological Processing of Suspended Matter by Freshwater Mussels in Rivers of Eastern Oregon. A Final Report for the Freshwater Mussel Research and Restoration Project. February 26, 2011 | Download PDF |
| 2010 | Musseling our way from the Headwater to the Bay: Shellfish as a Basis for Restoration Ecosystem. Padeletti A.T., Kreeger D.A., Whalen L. | Download PDF |
| 2010 | Freshwater Mussel Recovery for Water Quality and Habitat Improvement in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Seminar at Fairmount Water Works Interpretative Center, 2/17/10, Philadelphia, PA | Download PDF |
| 2009 | Musseling our way from the Headwaters to the Bay; Shellfish as a basis for ecosystem restoration Annual conference given at the Coastal and Estutrine Research Federation, 11/5/09, Portland, OR | Download PDF |
| 2009 | Healthy Bivalves = Healthy Watersheds: Rebuilding Bivalve Biodiversity, Populations and Ecosystem Services as a Basis for Ecosystem Restoration. Plenary talk at the Freshwater Mollusc Conservation Society biennial conference, 4/24/09, Baltimore, MD | Download PDF |
| 2009 | Restoring our Past with Mussel Power in the Freshwater Portion of the Delaware Estuary Watershed. Poster for the National Shellfisheries Association 3/23/09, Savannah, GA | Download PDF |
| 2009 | Muscling our way to restoration of the Delaware Estuary with the lightfoot mussel (Elliptio complanata). Poster for the Delaware Science and Environmental Summit 1/12/09, Cape May, NJ | Download PDF |
| 2008 | From the headwaters to the coast: a watershed-based perspective on bivalve shellfish restoration. Danielle Kreeger, David Bushek. J. Shellfish Res. 27(4):1022. | |
| 2007 | Mussel Power - Can it Help Clean the Bay?. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant College, Volume 6, No 2, 2007 | Download PDF |