Group acquires Southwest Va. tract to protect rare mussel
Published: October 29, 2009
CEDAR BLUFF — The Nature Conservancy has acquired a 25-acre hillside tract along Indian Creek in the Clinch Valley to help protect a rare freshwater mussel.
That section of Indian Creek flanks Cedar Bluff. Town Manager Jim McGlothlin says it’s home to the only reproducing population of tan riffleshell mussel in Virginia.
The tan riffleshell is listed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as endangered.
Nature Conservancy land protection manager Steve Lindeman says acquiring the property represents a 20-year effort to join with local partners to protect critical habitat for the tan riffleshell.
Spectra Energy provided a grant and the Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals and Energy provided funding for the acquisition.
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This is the Right way to Conserve our natural resources, BUY Them. Do not try to TAKE them from PRIVATE citizens. I hope environmental goups learn from this.
See this is how conservation should be done. Private groups acquiring property and using it the way they see fit. The enviro-nazis should learn from this example.
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