A new tool to kill the water killers
By Buckmasters Online
Revolutionary new method joins the fight against invasive mussels.
For almost three decades now, conservationists in states with massive lake and river water resources have lost the battle against two invasive mussels the quagga and the zebra. Since spring arrived and recreational boaters and water users are putting their boats into the water, Utah is bringing an important new weapon to the fight May 1. The new system will lead the way in the massive fight against the water-killing mussels.
The zebra mussel first arrived in the Great Lakes in 1986, released in ocean-going ship ballast water. By 1990 the mussels invaded the Erie Canal and Lake Ontario, and have since spread to the entire Mississippi River basin. They continue to spread.
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