Scientists Collect Female Mussels To Restore Population, Keep Waterways Clean

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– In most of Maryland’s streams and rivers, fresh water mussels used to be common, but not any more.
Very few waterways contain a mussel called the eastern elliptio. An exception is Deer Creek in Harford County. That’s where scientists went to collect female mussels.
“We want to use a healthy mussel population to help start a new population in a similar part of the state,” according to Department of Natural Resources biologist Matt Ashton.
The mussels