Written by Associated Press on June 2, 2021
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) Wildlife officials believe Wyoming remains free of invasive zebra mussels three months after the mollusks turned up in aquarium products shipped into the state.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and state Department of Agriculture have been using DNA testing to monitor sewer systems for zebra mussels and the similarly invasive quagga mussel.
“If we get a positive on a wastewater facility, it would mean we would ramp up monitoring at that facility,” state fisheries chief Alan Osterland told the Casper Star-Tribune.
The species have overpopulated waters in other states, clogging water systems and destroying native wildlife habitat. Wyoming is among just a handful of states still free of the mussels native to Eurasia and introduced to the U.S. in ship ballast in the 1980s.
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Fish parents warned of moss balls possibly containing Zebra Mussels sold in Prince George
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The BC Conservation Service is warning anyone that purchased a moss ball in Prince George within the last 3 months to be wary of a possible Zebra Muscle exposure.
“There is a concern that there were some moss balls being sold provincially that have been identified to have Zebra Mussles,” warned Eamon McArthur with the BC Conservation Service.
He says some of the moss balls possibly containing the Zebra Mussels were sold at a few locations in Prince George, but he didn’t disclose exactly which businesses they were.