Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: Upper Mississippi River Freshwater Pearl Industry

MWC Eco-brief: Upper Mississippi River Freshwat...

In the early 1900s, freshwater mussels in the Upper Mississippi River were over exploited to the point of near extinction to make pearl buttons from their thick shells. When it...

MWC Eco-brief: Upper Mississippi River Freshwat...

In the early 1900s, freshwater mussels in the Upper Mississippi River were over exploited to the point of near extinction to make pearl buttons from their thick shells. When it...