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Officials achieve key milestone in fight against 'plague' impacting tiny underwater creatures: 'There's hope' (www.thecooldown.com)

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There is only one native freshwater crayfish species in the United Kingdom, and it is on the brink of extinction. The white-clawed crayfish is under assault from an invasive species, environmental changes, and human-induced factors, reducing its population to critical levels.

Fortunately, a multipronged, multipartner approach is effectively revitalizing this fascinating species. "There's hope that they will not only survive but eventually thrive," Danielle Greaves, a participant in the extensive effort to find new homes for the crayfish, wrote for the blog Natural England.

The relocation effort is innovative, if simplified by the very platform of survival that white-clawed crayfish depend on: brash bundles. These bundles are an assortment of branches that white-clawed crayfish shelter in.

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