What are Zebra Mussels and why are they invasive in Wyoming?
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Invasive mussels in aquarium supplies alarm wildlife managers
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Zebra mussels on Marimo moss balls are causing an emergency in WA
If the tiny mussel established itself here, it would create over $100 million worth of damage each year to dams, agriculture, salmon and more.
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Updated at 11:05 a.m. on March 8, 2021
Participants in the Lake Roosevelt Invasive Mussel Response Exercise in the fall of 2019 deploy mock chemicals into the water. (Washington State Depaartment of Fish and Wildlife/Washington Invasive Species Council.)
Capt. Eric Anderson of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife was driving down Highway 101 at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, when the computer terminal in his car blinked on. His Montana counterpart, Tom Wolfe, had forwarded him an email with an innocuous automated report from the U.S. Geographic Survey about the detection of a zebra mussel in Washington state.
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March 5, 2021 4:47 PM Esther Bower
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SPOKANE, Wash. After a nationwide outbreak at Petco and PetSmart this week, Washington fish and wildlife officials say it’s imperative aquarium owners check for highly invasive zebra mussels.
The mussels multiply rapidly and quickly damage the ecosystems they’re in. They clog pipes, dams and other underwater infrastructures, and when set free in local lakes and rivers, there’s no way to reverse the spread.
“They can grow into three-dimensional colonies that smother native species, and they also can clog water supply intakes and hydro-power facilities,” said Allen Pleus, Washington’s Aquatic Invasive Species Policy Coordinator. “Unfortunately, it can only take one aquarium dump to be the problem.”