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Winter Ecology Speaker Series

Building mussels: Efforts to restore regional mussel populations through propagation

Scott Meister, Manager of Natural Resources, Forest Preserve District of DuPage

For the past decade, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has been striving to augment and restore populations of freshwater mussels in local rivers and streams. This presentation will introduce the audience to freshwater mussel biology and share the details and successes of our propagation program to keep common species common within the Chicago region.

Apr 6, 2023 12:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)