Long-missing mussels returned to South Anna River
A person holds a natural freshwater mussel and a farmed mussel for comparison on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Patrick Henry Boat Launch in Doswell, Virginia.
In early June, dozens of volunteers tucked alewife floater mussels into the stream bed, where they will filter contaminants out of gallons of water daily, serve as a food source for fish and aquatic mammals and reproduce with the help of river herring. The species had been missing from the region for roughly 200 years due to the Ashland Mill Dam, which was dismantled in 2024.
Read more about the mussels here.
BizSense Beat: Greyhound Station, Innsbrook housing, Buskey Cider
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, host Lyndon German and BizSense reporter Mike Platania discuss the long-awaited demolition of the old Greyhound station on Arthur Ashe Blvd. A Richmond developer is planning a 331-unit housing neighborhood in Henrico’s Innsbrook office park.
Listen in and read more here.
This week in VPM News Shorts: ‘Period poverty’ and the mussels return
What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?
On Tuesday, Keyris Manzanarez takes us to a Richmond period bank that received an unprecedented donation of tampons, pads and other menstruation supplies. And on Friday, Patrick Larsen reports from the South Anna River on the long-awaited return of freshwater mussels.
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