This declaration was made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help preserve the 'liver of the river.'
– The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared six species of freshwater mussels found in Central Texas as endangered and another as threatened on Monday.
In its ruling, the agency also designated 1,577 miles of rivers and creeks in the Colorado, Guadalupe, Brazos and Trinity river basins as or an area important to the species’ conservation and recovery. The designation bans development or projects that could harm the species and requires a federal permit or license, unless the permit seeker works with the Fish and Wildlife Service to modify their projects to protect the endangered species.
“The struggle is trying to figure out how to balance providing water for communities, while also making sure that there's water in those rivers to sustain wildlife,” said Charles Randklev, a research scientist and mussels expert at Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute. “This is about awareness. I think of mussels, but really what I do is I think of these rivers, and I do think we have a job to make sure that those rivers are around for future generations,” he said.The Fish and Wildlife Service said that several water authorities in Texas including the Brazos River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, Trinity River Authority, and Tarrant Regional Water District have entered into voluntary conservation agreements.
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