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WVPB News Brittany Patterson, Aug. 02, 2019

Mussel Woman: Biologist Passes Along Pearls Of Wisdom About Threatened Mussels

Janet Clayton is standing thigh-deep in a back channel of the Elk River. Clad in a wetsuit and knee pads, the silver-haired biologist with the West…

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