Prairie du Chien (Wis.)--History
Clamming--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien
Freshwater mussels--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien
Pearl button industry

Eric F.Temte

UW-L Seminar Paper
History of the clamming or fresh water mussel industry in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, along the Mississippi River.

Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Freshwater mussels -- Conservation -- Mississippi River
Mollusks -- Conservation -- Mississippi River
Mississippi River -- Environmental conditions

Mussel Ad Hoc Committee of the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Item donated by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (UMRCC) to Murphy Library in 2018. Part of the UMRCC Collection housed at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

U. S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Unionidae--Effect on water pollution on
Mollusks--Effect on water pollution on

Marian E. Havlik
Leif L. Marking

Although the uptake, storage, and elimination of contaminants by naiad mollusks has been studied, relatively little information is available on toxicity. Contaminants appear to have destroyed some populations directly by exerting toxic effects, or indirectly by causing or contributing to the elimination of essential food organisms or host fish. Often two or more factors appear to work in combination to producethe total stress that adversel affects populations. Naiad mollusks are important indicators of contaminants in the environment; residues in soft tissue indicate recent or current exposure, and residues in shells indicate past exposure. Resource publication 164
OCLC: 15084166

Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Mussels -- Habitat -- Mississippi River

Kenyon, Rhonda
Naimo, Teresa
Welke, Kurt
Thiel, Pamella

Item donated by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (UMRCC) to Murphy Library in 2018. Part of the UMRCC Collection housed at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Wisconsin Pearl Button Company.

Wisconsin Pearl Button Company
Industries -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- History
Pearl button industry
Freshwater mussels -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Clamming -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
La Crosse (Wis.) -- History

Wisconsin Pearl Button Company.

Cover title is "The Story of My Life by Billie Button" - an illustrated process of how "pearl buttons" were manufactured at the Wisconsin Pearl Button Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin, from harvesting fresh water mussels to the finished product of buttons.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

United States
Wisconsin
La Crosse
Mollusks--Wisconsin--La Crosse
Mussels--Wisconsin--La Crosse
Endangered species--Wisconsin

Marian E. Havlik

"Final report, July, 1978." "Project I.D. 5429-1-00." "USH 53 - La Crosse Airport Road, CTH "B"--Clinton Street Bridge, La Crosse County." A survey was done to rule out the presence of endangered naiad mollusks at three sites for the proposed replacement of the Clinton Street Bridge on the Black River at La Crosse, Wisconsin, May 1978 under contract with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
OCLC: 11276753

Charles Conrad was a La Crosse area resident for his whole life, born in the late 1800s and growing up on a farm just outside of the city. In his interview, he discusses subjects like: his ancestry, Indigenous peoples, education, family life, working at a saw mill and grocery store, religion, movie theaters, the Red light district, Prohibition, clamming, the Klu Klux Klan (KKK), Black families, racism, early doctors and home remedies, and the Great Depression.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Mussels -- Wisconsin -- Buffalo County
Mussels -- Effect of water levels on -- Mississippi River
Water levels -- Environmental aspects -- Mississippi River

Item donated by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (UMRCC) to Murphy Library in 2018. Part of the UMRCC Collection housed at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
The purpose of the drawdown was to determine the effect and fate of shallow-water mussels from Pool 5 south of the city of Alma, Wisconsin.

Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Mollusks -- Congresses -- Middle West
Lampsilis higginsi -- Congresses -- Mississippi River
Aquaculture -- Congresses -- Mississippi River

Item donated by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (UMRCC) to Murphy Library in 2018. Part of the UMRCC Collection housed at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Dept. of Natural Resources

Unionidae
Mollusks -- Mississippi River

Thiel, Pamella A.

Item donated by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee (UMRCC) to Murphy Library in 2018. Part of the UMRCC Collection housed at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.