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Photos of the natural resources and partners working to protect those resources in the Tennessee River Basin.

On September 25, 2012, the Service , Virginia Tech, Lincoln Memorial University, and several other partners released 5,000 endangered mussels into the Tennessee stretch of the Powell River.

Endangered freshwater mussels in the Clinch and Powell River Watersheds in Virginia (Bottom diagonal row, left to right: Cumberlandian combshell, Oyster mussel. Middle Row: Shiny pigtoe, Birdwing pearlymussel, Cumberland monkeyface. Top row: Rough rabitsfoot)

Snuffbox mussesl which were recently listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Virginia big-eared bat at Repass Saltpetre Cave.

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Upstream view of stream at the Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area.

Waterfall located at the Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area

This map depicts the boundaries of the Tennessee River Basin based on hydrologic units from U.S. Geoloogical Survey using the National Geogrpahic World Map as a basemap.

This map depicts the boundaries of the Tennessee River basin defined using hydrologic units from the U.S. Gelogical Survey overlaid on the Appalachian LCC boundary using the National Geographic World Map as a basemap.

Yellowfin madtoms in Copper Creek in Virginia.

Yellowfin madtoms prior to their release in the Upper Tennessee River Basin.

Spiny river snails which are tagged for release in the Upper Tennessee River Basin.

Virginia big-eared bat from Repass Saltpetre Cave in Virginia being measured before release.

Virginia big-eared bat being released at Repass Saltpetre Cave in Virginia.

Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)

The bog turtle is protected under the Endangered Species Act as a federally threatened species.

Green pitcher plant is protected under the Endangered Species Act as a federally endangered species.

This map displays the upper, mid, a lower Tennessee River watersheds along with the boundary for the UTRB Imperiled Aquatic Species Strategy and the Appalachian LCC overlaid on the National Geographic base map.

Mussel outreach event in which children are assisting a biologist to release host fish that were recently infested with mussel larvae.

Participants at a mussel outreach event where member of the public were able to observe mussels and their host fish.