An open field by the Pedlar River surrounded by mountains in northern Amherst County for a few hours April 17 became an outdoor classroom for more than two-dozen Amherst Elementary School third-grade students.
Nearly four years ago, 219 endangered James River spinymussels were released into the Pedlar River in hopes of giving them a chance to make a comeback. On Sept. 25, members of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources returned to the Pedlar to check on them.
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