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The province now says 'environmental factors' have made its plan no longer feasible, and a drawdown of the reservoir is set to end shortly.

The invasive creatures were found on Friday and Saturday, and the discovery means parks staff will work with third-party experts in determine the best way to eradicate them.

The removal of a containment curtain — installed in Clear Lake in the fight against zebra mussels — has cottagers at the popular Manitoba destination concerned for the future.

A campaign between Aug. 23 and 25 led to inspections of 451 vehicles carrying watercraft, and a total of 153 had improperly cleaned or drained equipment.

According to Parks Canada, an adult zebra mussel was found Wednesday near Boat Cove, in Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park, during a visual survey of the area.

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.

Most watercraft will be banned from Clear Lake his season as Parks Canada continues to test the water for zebra mussels.

As ice continues its spring thaw in many parts of the country and boaters and paddlers gear up to hit the water, an invasive species that’s been slowly making its way westward across Canada for nearly four decades threatens to end the boating season before it even begins in Riding Mountain National Park. Parks Canada...

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 Manitoba government says Parks Canada is considering closing a popular lake to boating this year because of zebra mussels.

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.

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.

Manitobans are being encouraged to take precautions when heading into the great outdoors, as the province's wacky weather means lakes and rivers may not have safe ice conditions.

"I think this is a wake-up call," experimental lakes researcher Scott Higgins said. "Clear Lake is now the most western lake in Canada to be invaded with zebra mussel."

While there had previously been the presence of environmental mussel DNA near the boat launch, live mussels hadn't turned up until now.

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.

A group of volunteers in Lester Beach, Man. have been putting in a bit of muscle power to tackle the zebra mussel problem in Lake Winnipeg.