FPU and the City of Fayetteville Close 4 miles of Nature Trails

Waters of the State being polluted

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Endangered Species

All of these species are endanged and live on or near the 120 acre sludge field!  Caves along the river are homes to these bats, there are caves within 1/4 mile of this property.  The Boulder darter range is from Fayetteville to Alabama on the Elk River. 
 
Lincoln County
 Gray bat - Myotis grisescens (E)
 Indiana bat - Myotis sodalis (E)
 Boulder darter - Etheostoma wapiti (E)
 Shiny pigtoe - Fusconaia edgariana (=Fusconaia cor)(E)
 Fine-rayed pigtoe - Fusconaia cuneolus (E)
 Tuberculed-blossom pearly mussel - Epioblasma torulosa torulosa (E)(h)
 Cumberland monkeyface pearly mussel - Quadrula intermedia (E)
 Birdwing pearly mussel - Conradilla caelata (=Lemiox rimosus) (E)
 Yellow-blossom pearly mussel - Epioblasma florentina florentina (E)(h)
 Cracking pearly mussel - Hemistena lata (E)
 Slabside pearly mussel - Lexingtonia dolabelloides (C)
 Tan riffleshell - Epioblasma  walkeri (E)(h)
 Slackwater darter - Etheostoma boschungi (T)
 Turgid blossom pearly mussel - Epioblasma turgidula (E)(h)

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