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The Western Pearlshell mussel is an indicator of good water quality, living 60-70 years while filtering contaminants. It inhabits cold rivers and creeks with salmon or trout, reproducing by attaching larvae to these host fish. Though once broadly distributed across the western US, the mussel has declined in some areas due to threats like dams reducing host fish populations, channel modifications, grazing, and competition from invasive mussels. It remains one of the most common freshwater mussels in the west

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Kristin

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