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1 Freshwater Mussel Propagation and Culture 2014

2 Littlewing pearlymussel Cumberlandian combshell Applachian monkeyface Purple bean Elephant ear Cracking pearlymussel Wavyrayed lampmussel Sheepnose Longsolid Slippershell mussel Pink heelsplitter Fanshell Slabside pearlymussel Tan riffleshell Deertoe Mountain creekshell Shiny pigtoe Rough rabbitsfoot Tennessee clubshell Fluted kidneyshell Cumberland moccasinshell Mucket Rough pigtoe Black sandshell Birdwing pearlymussel Elktoe Green blossom Purple wartyback Acornshell Fragile papershell Snuffbox Spectaclecase Oyster mussel Finerayed pigtoe Rayed bean Flutedshell Pimpleback Brook floater Kidneyshell Pink mucket Tennessee pigtoe Creeper Pocketbook Cumberland monkeyface Tennessee heelsplitter Ohio pigtoe Rainbow Yellow lampmussel Purple lilliput Spike Dromedary pearlymussel Pheasantshell Threeridge Pyramid pigtoe Cumberland bean

3 Restoration Reaches Reach 1: Powell River (RM ) from Snodgrass Ford downstream to the state line Reach 2: Clinch River (RM ) Clinchport downstream to the mouth of Dry Valley Branch, Scott County (approximately 6 river miles). Reach 3: Clinch River (RM 235.1, 234, 226.3) Simones, Grays, and Pendleton islands, Reach 4: Clinch River (RM ) from Nash Ford to Carbo, Russell County Reach 5: Clinch River (RM ) from Pounding Mill to Richlands, Tazewell County (approximately 12 river miles), including the lower 2 miles of Indian Creek at Cedar Bluff, Virginia. Reach 6: North Fork Holston River (RM ) from Riverside to McCready, Smyth County (approximately 12 river miles).

4 2013 Mussel Release Data Species # Released Epioblasma brevidens Cumberlandian combshell 5074 Epioblasma capsaeformis oystermussel 4168 Lampsilis abrupta pink mucket 4008 Lampsilis fasciola wavy-rayed lampmussel 2001 Lampsilis ovata pocketbook 163 Lemiox rimosus birdwing pearlymussel 126 Ligumia recta black sandshell 200 Ptychobranchus fasciolaris kidneyshell 264 Total 15,804

5 Released Animals AWCC, 2013

6 2014 Propagation Summary Species Source Number Produced Purple bean Villosa perpurpurea Purple bean Villosa perpurpurea Tan riffleshell Epioblasma f. walkeri (=aureola) Tennessee heelsplitter Lasmigona holstonia Cumberlandian combshell Epioblasma brevidens Beech Creek 6,412 Indian Creek 1,597 Indian Creek 3,119 Johnson Branch 52,266 Clinch River 75,135

7 2014 Propagation Summary cont. Species Source Number Produced Oystermussel Epioblasma capsaeformis Black sandshell Ligumia recta Pink mucket Lampsilis abrupta Wavy-rayed lampmussel Lampsilis fasciola Pocketbook Lampsilis ovata Clinch River 9,023 Tennessee River 897 Tennessee River 40,658 Clinch River 54 Clinch River 99 TOTAL 189,260

8 2014 Holding Summary Species Totals Cyprogenia stegaria Dromus dromas Elliptio dilatata Epioblasma brevidens Epioblasma capsaeformis Epioblasma f. walkeri Fusconaia cor Lampsilis abrupta Lampsilis fasciola Lampsilis ovata

9 2014 Holding Summary cont. Species Total Lasmigona costata Lasmigona holstonia Lemiox rimosus Lexingtonia dollabelloides Ligumia recta Medionidus conradicus Plethobasus cyphyus Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Villosa iris Villosa perpurpurea GRAND TOTALS

10 December 2012 Shiny pigtoe Fusconaia cor October 2013 July 2014 Excysted from fish 2012

11 Fanshell Cyprogenia stegaria Excysted from fish 2012

12 July 2014

13 September 2013 Tan riffleshell Epioblasma florentina walkeri (= aureola) July 2014 Excysted from fish 2013

14 What else we re working on

15 Musselrama 2014 Clinch River, Speers Ferry August 12-15, 2014 Released 5,716 mussels from AWCC since cultured species: Epioblasma triquetra, Epioblasma brevidens, Epioblasma capsaeformis, Lampsilis abrupta, Lampsilis ovata, Lemiox rimosus

16 Thanks Partners!

17 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Nature Conservancy Virginia Tech Mussel Lab James Madison University Emory and Henry College Amanda Wood, Joe Ferraro, Sarah Colletti, Katie Wagner, Kasey Simmons, Brian Watson, Kyle Sullivan, Mike Pinder, Derek Wheaton, Bill Kittrell, Alaina Esposito, Bob Butler, Steve Ahlstedt, Jess Jones, Tim Lane, Hua Dan, Braven Beaty, Brian Evans, Shane Hanlon, Stephanie Chance

18 The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value. ~ Theodore Roosevelt, 1910

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Tim Lane Southwest Virginia Mussel Recovery Coordinator Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

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