April 11, 2024
March 20, 2024
Honeysuckle: Sucking the Life Out of Our Water
Have you noticed over the last week or more throughout the Midwest the forest understory is turning green? According to the calendar, spring is officially here but sadly most of the green you are seeing right now is non-native, invasive, Amur Honeysuckle. All year...February 13, 2024
Glochidia, Gills and Galentine’s – Mussel Moms Have All the Moves
Today is February 13th, otherwise known as Galentine’s Day. And it’s a great day to show appreciation for all the women in your life. At ORF, we’re extending that to some of our favorite freshwater females. There’s a complex and amazing love story...January 11, 2024
Don’t Salt Your Mussels: Reducing Road Salt Runoff is Good for our Water and Freshwater Mussels
Funding is now available to help local communities in Ohio make road salt application and storage safer and more efficient. Every winter tons of road salt is spread on our roads and when that snow melts, that salt runs directly into our local waterways making the water toxic for mussels and other aquatic life, and polluting our drinking water.
October 17, 2023
Eight Species of Freshwater Mussels Declared Extinct
On Oct. 17, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially removed 21 species from the endangered species list. Unfortunately, these species have been removed not because they have recovered but because they are officially being declared extinct. Eight of these...July 13, 2023
