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TN Mussel Conservation Actions Guided by 2 plans: • Plan for the Population Restoration
and Conservation of Imperiled Freshwater Mollusks of the Cumberlandian Region
• Tennessee Mussel Strategic Plan
Don Hubbs, TWRA
Stephanie Chance, USFWS
Objectives Preserve diversity
Reduce risk of extirpation
Create viable populations
Down-list or de-list species
TN Priority Mussel Restoration Streams
•Big South Fork Cumberland •Clinch & Powell •Holston & French Broad
•Nolichucky •Hiwassee •Duck •Elk
Limited funding necessitates maximize partnership opportunities
• Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center
• National Park Service
• Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
• The Nature Conservancy
• Tennessee Aquarium
• Tennessee Tech University
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Wolf River Conservancy
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• USFWS - Ashville, Cookeville, Frankfort
• Virginia Tech University
• Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland
Fisheries
Propagation
Endangered species Fluted Kidneyshell Ptychobranchus
subtentum
Spectaclecase Cumberlandia monodonta
Phesantshell Actinonaias pectorosa
Cumberland Moccasinshell
Medionidus conradicus
Cumberland Combshell Epioblasma brevidens
Oyster mussel E. capsaeformis
Birdwinged Pearlymussel Lemiox rimosus
Dromedary Pearlymussel Dromus dromas
Pink mucket Lampsilis abrupta
Non-listed species
Translocation - Donor Sites
• Duck River Lemiox rimosus • Clinch River
Epioblasma capsaeformis, E. brevidens, Dromus dromas, Ptychobranchus subtentum, Cumberlandia monodonta, Actinonaias pectorosa, Medionidus conradicus
Cumberland River Actinonaias ligamentina
Amblema plicata
Cyclonaias tuberculata
Ellipsaria lineolata
Elliptio crassidens
Elliptio dilatata
Lampsilis abrupta
Lasmigona costata
Leptodea fragilis
Ligumia recta
Obliquaria reflexa
Pleurobema cordatum
Pleurobema sintoxia
Potamilus alatus
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
Quadrula metanevra
Quadrula pustulosa
Quadrula quadrula
Utterbackia imbecillis
Translocation - Receiving Sites
Big South Fork Cumberland River = Cumberlandia monodonta, Dromus dromas, Epioblasma capsaeformis, Lampsilis abrupta, Ptychobranchus subtentum
Nolichucky River = Epioblasma capsaeformis, E. brevidens, Lemiox rimosus, Ptychobranchus subtentum, Actinonaias pectorosa, Medionidus conradicus
Duck River = Epioblasma brevidens,
Cumberlandia monodonta, Ptychobranchus subtentum
Accomplishments • TTU stocked 21 species ~ 20,000
adults into French Broad NEP including 800 of 2 endangered species. Also Fluted Kidneyshell (candidate sp.) and 5 other species totaling ~ 25,000 mussels into Calderwood bypass on the Little Tennessee River
• TWRA , FWS & TNC stocked ~10,000 adult and sub-adult mussels into BSF, Nolichucky, and Duck rivers since 2004, includes 2 candidate and 8 Federal endangered species