Endangered species legislation

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6660413

Pulliam, III, J J

This presentation talks about endangered species legislation. Because of habitat changes such as dams, agriculture, logging, and pollution in the rivers of the United States, many species of fresh water mussels have become extinct or are threatened with extinction. These factors bring the Endangered Species Act and fresh water mussels together. Presently there are 25 species of mussels listed as endangered under the Act. There are an additional 48 mussel species in the Southeast alone that are being considered as candidates for listing. Eleven of these are thought to be already extinct.

• Research Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, MS (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6660413
• Report Number(s): AD-P-003059/3
• Resource Relation: Other Information: This article is from 'Report of Fresh Water Mussels Workshop Held at St. Louis, Missouri on 26-27 October 1982,' AD-A139620, p35-41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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