Aug 2 Energy & Environment Mussel Woman: Biologist Passes Along Pearls Of Wisdom About Threatened Mussels Janet Clayton is standing thigh-deep in a back channel of the Elk River. Clad in a wetsuit and knee pads, the silver-haired biologist with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources reaches into a bright orange mesh bag submerged in water. Inside are a half dozen mussels she plucked from the rocky river bottom. “This […] By Brittany Patterson Aug 2 Energy & Environment Mussel Woman: Biologist Passes Along Pearls Of Wisdom About Threatened Mussels Brittany Patterson