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Quagga mussels have been getting all the press lately because of the looming threat to Lake Tahoe but this week it was the river mussel s turn for some attention.
It’s spawning day at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex, and volunteers clad in rubber boots and jackets move quickly around the south Gardnerville building, fishing nets in hand.
Federal and tribal spawning operations are vital in the ongoing recovery of Lahontan cutthroat trout on the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake, but it is unclear whether the fish can continue to rebound without intensive human intervention.