We had a great turnout to our first indoor meeting of the season – over 50 members saw a very enlightening presentation by Dr. Todd Morris about freshwater mussels. An organism that I (and many others!) had almost completely overlooked and ignored, I know many of us are now eager to learn more about our native mussels. Some of us may even have gone looking for mussels at the local swimming hole the day after the meeting.

Here are a few links to articles and other resources about these fascinating little treasures:

Canadian Freshwater Mussel Guide – an online key to identifying mussels.

Norfolk Field Naturalists – an article summarizing Dr. Morris’ presentation to this group on November 12, 2013.

Freshwater Mussels of the SOSMART Area – slides prepared by Todd Morris and Scott Reid.

Ontario Nature, “The Mussel Crisis” – an article on freshwater mussels from Winter 2008/09.

Recovery Strategy for Five Ontario Freshwater Mussels – part of the Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series and dated December 2006.

Have any links to add? Email web@owensoundfieldnaturalists.ca!