Meet the state biologist on a mission to save the endangered elktoe mussel, hard-hit by Helene and critical role for river health.
Spreading avens are only known to exist in 14 places, including the mountains of western North Carolina. As temperatures rise, the delicate flowers are finding they have nowhere left to go.
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