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Michael Hooks, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Air Force’s 11th Civil Engineer Squadron, measures the size of a young mussel with a dial caliper at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Aug. 22, 2025. The size and weight are used to determine the maturity of the mussels. The 11th CES released more than 1,000 young mussels to help clean the water off of JBAB and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The 11th CES partnered with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Anacostia Watershed Society to release the mussels, which help clean the water by filtering excess nutrient pollutants. Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, which empty into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, JBAB provides an ideal location for the release initiative. (U.S. Air Force photo by Hayden Hallman)
250822-F-NY675-1171.JPG Photo By: Hayden Hallman

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING, Washington, D.C. - Michael Hooks, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Air Force’s 11th Civil Engineer Squadron, measures the size of a young mussel with a dial caliper at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Aug. 22, 2025. The size and weight are used to determine the maturity of the mussels. The 11th CES released more than 1,000 young mussels to help clean the water off of JBAB and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The 11th CES partnered with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Anacostia Watershed Society to release the mussels, which help clean the water by filtering excess nutrient pollutants. Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, which empty into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, JBAB provides an ideal location for the release initiative. (U.S. Air Force photo by Hayden Hallman)


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