The war over Omagh’s gold: the £21bn mine plan tearing a community apart On Monday, a public inquiry will reopen, nine years after the plan was proposed and a toxic local battle began

#Gold greed tears people and communities apart. Our constant focus on an unsustainable extractivist economy and lifestyles will be the death of us. #community #pinemartens #otters #water #saveoursperrins #freshwaterpearlmussels #sperrins www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

River Irfon freshwater pearl mussels at the FBA Ark

River Irfon freshwater pearl mussels at the FBA Ark

River Irfon still from the Freshwater Habitats Trust film

River Irfon still from the Freshwater Habitats Trust film

Hello fellow freshwater pearl mussel fans! In 2018 a collaborative project commenced between Natural Resources Wales, the Freshwater Habitats Trust & the FBA to begin breeding River Irfon #freshwaterpearlmussels.

Find out more about the FBA Ark #conservation breeding:
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Aye, aye #freshwater friends... it is with great pleasure that we present the November FBA Voice!💙

Overflowing with articles & updates... discover #GhostPonds, dive into the wonderful world of Lakefly. Plus more on #FreshwaterPearlMussels & #ArcticCharr #SpeciesRecovery.

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Hello freshwater friends and fellow lovers of leeches... our October edition of FBA Voice is out now! This month includes features on #Riverkin #Riverflies #FreshwaterPearlMussels #FBAHistory #CitizenScience #MedicinalLeech and more!

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Conservation in action and freshwater pearl mussel species recovery at the FBA Ark — Freshwater Biological Association Here we catch up with FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant, Jodie Warren, to hear about the daily activities at the FBA Ark species recovery sanctuary and the freshwater science making a vital contribution to...

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Join FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant to hear about #conservation in action at the FBA Ark & the #freshwaterscience making a vital contribution towards protecting vulnerable pearl mussels. #margaritiferamargaritifera #speciesrecovery

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These are a batch of #Trout we are rearing in the @MarineInst hatchery in Furnace which will be the hosts for the captive bred #FreshwaterPearlMussels this summer 🤞🏼 🤞🏼🐟🐟🐟🐟
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Today, we are moving our 2020 captive bred cohort of #FreshwaterPearlMussels to their new home, small boxes of sand which are better suited to their filter feeding stage. They are now about 3 mm long and pretty sturdy
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Yesterday, we got a new batch of 30 adult #FreshwaterPearlMussels from the Newport River for our captive breeding program at the @MarineInst Newport. Between 2022 and 2024, we will be refining our protocols and comparing mussel and salmonid cohorts @EvelynMoorkens @npwsBioData

Today is a good day 🧚🏽‍♀️ So exciting to find 1/3 of our first @MarineInst cohort of #Salmon are hosting #FreshwaterPearlMussels. They will drop off the 🐟🐟in the next month and hopefully we can keep them going 🙂 Long road yet.....@npwsBioData @Notice_Nature @ElizabethRyder7