
Kidneys of the Rivers
They filter 20 gallons a day and quietly keep rivers alive, yet most freshwater mussel species are vanishing. Here's why that catch-and-release matters more than you think.
Articles from Megan Hess.

They filter 20 gallons a day and quietly keep rivers alive, yet most freshwater mussel species are vanishing. Here's why that catch-and-release matters more than you think.

Before she ever cast a fly, she was hauling cod and haddock on commercial decks off Maine, learning the coast from fishermen who read the water better than any instrument.