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Lawmakers take bold action as harmful creatures spread in Great Lakes: 'This is an urgent problem'

"[It] requires an urgent, robust plan of attack." Lawmakers take bold action as harmful creatures spread in Great Lakes: ...

Scientists race to protect Lake Superior from invasive mussels

The clock is ticking as Lake Superior is warming fast, which may create more suitable habitat for the Great Lakes' most ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Scientists make stunning discovery while studying harmful creatures spreading in US: 'Sources for nearby spread'

"This genomic approach enables robust tracing." Scientists make stunning discovery while studying harmful creatures spreading ...
Black Hills Pioneer

Water advocates say declined funding exposes insufficient zebra mussel effort; state disagrees

Emails obtained by clean-water advocates show the state of South Dakota declined $290,000 of federal funding for zebra mussel ...
yankton.net

Water Advocates Question SD Zebra Mussel Efforts

Emails obtained by clean-water advocates show the state of South Dakota declined $290,000 of federal funding for zebra mussel ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Experts issue warning after harmful creatures found in US waterway: 'They just start building on top of each other'

"They don't make a single layer. They make multiple layers." Experts issue warning after harmful creatures found in US ...
Vail Daily

Colorado Parks and Wildlife makes new invasive zebra mussel veliger discovery in Colorado River

Colorado Parks and Wildlife found a single zebra mussel veliger in the Grand River Park near New Castle. This is the first new detection of the invasive species since they were found in the Colorado ...

Zebra mussel larvae confirmed in Landfall lake

Invasive zebra mussel larvae have been confirmed in Tanners Lake in Landfall. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that a recent DNR analysis of water samples ...
Vail Daily

First adult zebra mussels found in Colorado River as the invasive species continues to spread on Western Slope

The first adult zebra mussels have been found in the Colorado River near Grand Junction, following increased testing and detection of the invasive species in Colorado. Previously, Colorado Parks and ...
The Durango Herald

Colorado finds larva of invasive zebra mussel in Colorado River for second year in a row

Check your boats. Clean your gear, wildlife officials say (beg?). Fast-spreading zebra mussels are stinky, expensive to remove and the top priority in Colorado’s invasive species program. Colorado ...
Hoodline

Lake Superior Scientists Race To Stop Invasive Mussels

Last August, divers working around the Mott Island Dock at Isle Royale collected dozens of tiny zebra mussels during targeted ...