
Freshwater Mussel Surveys at Malheur NWR
The Malheur NWR is home to all three of our native mussel species, making it an especially exciting place to survey.

The Malheur NWR is home to all three of our native mussel species, making it an especially exciting place to survey.
In 2015, I taught a class called Discovering Insect Species at Oregon State University. The eleven of us (nine students, a graduate teaching assistant, and me) formed a research team studying the diversity of ground beetles of the genus Bembidion.

Written by Alexa Martinez/ Photo by pnwmussels.org Western ridged mussels (Gonidea angulate) are one of three native freshwater mussels that can be found in the Blitzen waters of Malheur National