Fish and Wildlife Service concerned about flood impact on Mississippi mussels

It’s feared this year’s Mississippi River flooding in the Quad Cities is damaging the population of freshwater mussels. About a half-million mussels were relocated to existing upstream mussel beds before construction started on the new Interstate 74 bridge between Bettendorf and Moline. Now, biologist Kraig McPeek at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says as […]