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| This weekend I am at a conference at Treasure Island Casino. |
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| This morning we took a bus to a mussel propagation lab in Lake City. Years ago people overharvested mussels to make buttons. |
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| An example of a mussel shell used for buttons. |
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| Most mussels use specific fish to propagate. The eject their larva into the fish's face so the larva can attach to the gills. Here are some baby mussels in a tank. The mussels spend two years here in the lab before they are returned to the wild. |
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| Mussels from this lab are put into the Mississippi River, the Saint Croix River, and the Cedar River near Austin, MN. |
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