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A wholesale aquarium company in Seattle contacted state officials earlier this week about a shipment of moss balls that could be possibly contaminated with mussels.

Alberta is currently free of zebra and quagga mussels but they are found in Manitoba and Ontario and can easily spread through boats travelling across provincial borders.

The fight to keep invasive mussels from damaging B.C. lakes and waterways got some financial support this week, but it falls short of what's needed, officials say.

The province announced that BC Hydro will be investing into the program for the next five years, at $900,000 a year.

The Quagga and Zebra mussels were first introduced in the Great Lakes in 1988 and made their way west about 10 years ago.

Staff will be monitoring the parks and anyone found breaking the rules could face a fine of up to $25,000.

“Has the federal government given up on us?” asked Okanagan Basin Water Board executive director Anna Warwick Sears.

In September, the Idaho Dept. of Agriculture announced that quagga mussels had been found in the mid-Snake River, which is around 11 hours south of B.C.'s border.

The Okanagan Basin Water Board is calling on the provincial government to ban US boats from crossing the border to keep invasive mussels from clogging waterways.

The Okanagan Basin Water Board is funding a project to monitor lakes in the Okanagan for invasive mussels through its ‘Don’t Move a Mussel’ campaign.

Inspection stations throughout the province are now open to prevent harmful zebra and quagga mussels from hitching a ride on a boat into Okanagan waters.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region on Tuesday proposed spending up to $9.5 billion on a massive engineering project to separate the lakes from the Mississippi River watershed in the Chicago area, describing it as the only sure way to protect both aquatic systems from invasions by destructive species such as Asian carp.

In 2020, 911 watercraft were inspected by Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment, with 620 identified as high risk for aquatic invasive species.

"We're working on messaging right now on how we want folks to handle all of the things that moss balls might be in."

WATCH ABOVE: Four legged sniffers are becoming an important tool to make sure boats entering our lakes are free from pests. Erik Mikkelsen reports. LETHBRIDGE – Zebra and Quagga mussels are a serious threat to the health of the province’s waterways, so three furry inspectors have been recruited to help prevent an invasion.

South Saskatchewan River watershed stewards concerned about the threat of invasive species in Lake Diefenbaker.

Canadian snowbirds towing pleasure boats back to Western provinces from winter getaways in the United States are in danger of bringing back some unwelcome guests — two invasive aquatic species.

So far, so good in the battle to keep zebra and quagga mussels out of Saskatchewan waters, but the province wants people to remain diligent.

Saskatchewan has declared this week 'aquatic invasive species awareness week' in an effort to raise awareness and to keep invasive species out of Saskatchewan waters.

The water board wants increased training and funding for the Canadian Border Services Agency and more research and education for prevention, containment and eradication methods.