Mussels are Big

I'm amazed at the good start that Al Spoo's Pearly Mussels of Pennsylvania has had. Particularly as it's not a cheap book. Besides having a wide local readership, though, (Al does the nature column for the Lititz paper), I guess freshwater mussels are fairly important conservation-wise, so he's gotten lots of orders from state and federal employees (F&W, USGS, etc.). Will be interesting to watch how it does in the long run. He's gotten some nice compliments for the artwork. Al's next project is a compilation (or two) of his newspaper column, and then maybe we'll look at some other overlooked species in PA. Maybe snails...