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Archive Home > 2007 > July > 15 > Mystery on the half shell

Mystery on the half shell

Native mussels puzzle river managers in Central Oregon

By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
July 15, 2007

TERREBONNE "

Some of the shellfish scattered across river bottoms here have been around longer than most Deschutes County residents. The biggest, oldest ones " black, pearly mussels " have been alive since the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency, if not longer.

Freshwater mussels....

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