Critically endangered mussel found in Upper Caney Fork
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Critically endangered mussel found in Upper Caney Fork

Filed: Sep 28, 2026 at 6:20 PM ET
Summary: Conservationists say a TVA team discovered one of North America’s rarest mussels in the Upper Caney Fork River, which runs through Cumberland and White counties. A multi-agency partnership has been formed to protect the species after the find.
WHO: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) conservationists; multi-agency partnership
WHAT: Discovery of a critically endangered, rare mussel species in the Upper Caney Fork River and formation of a multi-agency effort to protect it
WHEN: Sep 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM ET
WHERE: Upper Caney Fork River (Cumberland and White counties, Tennessee)
WHY: Cause not yet established.

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