2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
6/05/2017 | 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATIVE FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS: A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE | 305A
A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATIVE FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS: A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE
In 1998, a strategy document outlining the most pressing issues facing the conservation of freshwater mussels was published. Beginning in 2011, the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society began updating that strategy, including broadening the scope to include freshwater snails. The revised strategy states that to effectively conserve freshwater mollusks, we need to (1) increase knowledge of their distribution and taxonomy at multiple scales; (2) address the impacts of past, ongoing, and newly emerging stressors; (3) understand and conserve the quantity and quality of suitable habitat; (4) understand their ecology at the individual, population, and community levels; (5) restore abundant and diverse populations until they are self-sustaining; (6) identify the ecosystem services provided by mollusks and their habitats; (7) strengthen advocacy for mollusks and their habitats; (8) educate and train the conservation community and future generations of resource managers and researchers; (9) seek long-term funding to support conservation efforts; and (10) coordinate development of an updated and revised strategy every 15 years. Collectively addressing these issues should strengthen conservation efforts for North American freshwater mollusks.
- C05 Unionid Ecology
- C12 Conservation Ecology
- S06 Advances in research to conserve and restore native freshwater mollusks
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Teresa Newton
(), U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, tnewton@usgs.gov;
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Greg Cope
(), North Carolina State University, gcope@ncsu.edu;
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Patricia Morrison
(), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, patricia_morrison@fws.gov;
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Caryn C. Vaughn
(), University of Oklahoma, cvaughn@ou.edu;
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