NFWF Grant Profile

Improve and study water quality conditions in Kingman Lake, Nash Run, and Watts Branch using three native species of freshwater mussels: eastern elliptio, alewife floater, and eastern pondmussel. Project will educate 400 young people per year on the importance of freshwater mussels for ecosystem services and develop a freshwater mussel restoration plan for the District of Columbia based on work performed during this grant and prior to this grant.