Endangered Species Prefers the Hiwassee

A new article in the Times Free Press details the efforts to save the "Hellbender Salamander", an endangered species that makes the Hiwassee River its home.

"The Hiwassee, they said, is one of the few waterways left in the United States that provides ideal conditions for hellbenders (salamanders)."

Construction, agriculture, mining and other human activities that disturb rivers and streams are displacing hellbenders, he said.

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3 comments:

  1. fisherman12:56 PM

    Well I see this criters up and down this section of the river from time to time......guess they will not like the milky colored water anymore than my crappie and smallmouth do....sad that the quarry will be allowed kill the the rest of lower end of the river

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  2. Anonymous1:09 PM

    Nothing lives in that river, Olin and Bowater killed everything but copperheads off years ago.

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  3. Anonymous7:53 AM

    jk home girl

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