Jan 22 Environment Invasive Fish With Teeth Threatens Endangered Kentucky Mussels Unlike the other invasive species, black carp feed on snails, freshwater mussels and other bivalves using human-like teeth. By Ryan Van Velzer Jan 22 Environment Invasive Fish With Teeth Threatens Endangered Kentucky Mussels Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 2 Local News Metro Parks Advises Against Consumption Of Fish From Its Lakes From WFPL’s Gabe Bullard The Louisville Metro Parks department is restating its warnings about eating fish caught in park lakes and ponds. New signs are being posted at all 22 lakes warning park visitors about the toxins that could be in the water and in the fish. A study done in the 1990s showed dangerous […] By Rick Howlett Oct 2 Local News Metro Parks Advises Against Consumption Of Fish From Its Lakes Rick Howlett
Apr 14 Environment Freshwater Mussels: Endangered but Coming Back Kentucky’s rivers and streams once carried more than a hundred species of freshwater mussels. Today, nearly a quarter are endangered, and many are already gone. WFPL’s Kristin Espeland reports on why mussels matter, and how efforts to bring them back are breaking new scientific ground. By Kristin Espeland Apr 14 Environment Freshwater Mussels: Endangered but Coming Back Kristin Espeland