A Pocket Guide to
Kansas Freshwater Mussels

The Pocket Guide to Great Plains Shorebirds is online as the PEEP'S PUDDLE.

We would like to thank all the folks who have helped survey mussels by digging in the river substrate with their bare hands. We would especially like to thank Bob Angelo, Chris Barnhart, Dan Bleam, Charles Cope, Don Distler, Tom Mosher, Brian Obermeyer and Bryan Simmons for their lifelong interest and conservation efforts focusing on this faunal group. Jason Goeckler provided information on exotic species. Photographs were provided by Chris Barnhart, Bob Gress, Ron Kegerries, Jim Mason, Edwin Miller and Marc Murrell. Jim Mason provided the range maps. Karen Couch provided the illustrations. We would like to thank Elby Adamson, Lorrie Beck, Lina Miller, and Bryan Simmons for reviewing the manuscript.

This GPNC Pocket Guide was made possible with financial support from the following sponsors:

- The Chickadee Checkoff is a voluntary donation program for nongame projects in Kansas. Taxpayers are able to contribute by assigning any amount they wish on the appropriate line on their individual income tax form. Since 1980, the Chickadee Checkoff has distributed over four million dollars to projects that help endangered species, assist in reintroduction efforts of sensitive species, support the popular Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites program at schools, and hundreds of other nongame conservation projects.

- Westar Energy, Inc. is the largest utility in Kansas serving nearly 640,000 customers with about 35,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. Since 1989, their employees have operated an environmental team. The Westar Energy Green Team members volunteer hours to improve wildlife habitat through wetland creation and restoration and native grass and tree planting. They build bridges and trails and work to protect and reintroduce sensitive plant and animal species. The Green Team can be contacted by phone at (785) 575-8115 or by email at brad_loveless@wr.com