Project Description
Survey mussels in the middle Brazos River, downstream from Possum Kingdom Reservoir. Recent collection of a freshly dead Texas fawnsfoot suggest this river may support an important population of that, and other, species of imperiled freshwater mussel.
Conservation Area
BrazosNFCA Objectives
Project Hierarchy: 1
Estimated Cost Range: ~$50,000 - $100,000
Project Submitted By: Gene Wilde
Suggested Contact: Gene Wilde, Allison Pease
Document the size and status of the imperiled Texas fawnsfoot and other freshwater mussels in the middle Brazos River
Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Brazos River Authority
SWG, Section 6, GPLCC, SARP, USFWS, TPWD, BRA