In an effort to restore those mussel beds, the state will invest $7.9 million for a new mussel hatchery in southwest Philadelphia’s Bartram’s Gardens. The PENNVEST funds will help the Partnership for ...

We head to American Mussel Harvesters, Inc. and Rhody Wild Gardens located in North Kingstown, RI, to discuss harvesting mussels and warming waters in Narragansett Bay; how mussels act as a filter ...

Freshwater mussels function as nature’s water treatment plants. Each animal can filter up to 600 gallons of water per month. ... Independence Seaport Museum, and Bartram’s Garden — committed to create ...

Mussels can be found anywhere that exposed tidal rocks are accessible, but some designated marine garden areas are off-limits to mussel harvest: Otter Rock, Cape Kiwanda, Yaquina Head and Yachats.

This team, including many BEES co-ops, graduate students and alumni, has traveled around southeastern Pennsylvania searching for mussels in local streams and the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers to ...

The invasive quagga mussel rapidly dominates habitats, outcompetes native mussels, and alters water quality, but its filtration benefits are limited by temperature and cyanobacteria species ...

Freshwater mussels once thrived in rivers, streams and lakes across Pennsylvania. They provided a natural filter, cleaning up muddy water and allowing more sunlight into the waterways, which in turn ...