Three species of mussels that live in the Guadalupe River have been added to the endangered list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says. The Guadalupe fatmucket, Guadalupe orb and false spike ...

Background False spikes were once common in Texas but thought to be extinct until they were rediscovered in 2011 in the Guadalupe River. These mussels have only one known population. Balcones spikes ...

The Service also proposed designating 1,944 river miles as critical habitat for the mussels. The Texas pimpleback, Guadalupe orb, Texas fatmucket, Guadalupe fatmucket and false spike will be listed as ...

SAN JOSE — A $9.6 million plan to widen the lower Guadalupe River in Alviso ... There are endangered species. There is mercury contamination. They don’t have any state approvals,” said ...