Tiny and unobtrusive, the endangered Dwarf Wedgemussel and the threatened Yellow Lance Mussel are minding their own business in Swift Creek in southern Wake County. They’re doing what freshwater mussels do: The larvae, having hitchhiked a ways on the back of fish like the johnny darter or a mottled sulpin, hatched just last month. Free of ...
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