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Good news for Kentucky's endangered mussel

Endangered Kentucky mussel
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Endangered Kentucky mussel

By Kristin Espeland Gourlay

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Kentucky – About a year and a half ago, we brought you the story of Kentucky's endangered mussels, and the struggle to save them. Decades of pollution and habitat loss have put a large percentage of our watershed's freshwater mussels on the federal endangered species list. Now, Kentucky Public Radio's Kristin Espeland Gourlay has this update on one mussel, with a little good news.