Quagga Mussels

• Funding shortfall puts B.C. lakes at risk of invasive mussels

  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.

  Environment

  May 2, 2024
  
• Okanagan Lake free of invasive mussels, says non-profit society

  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.

  Environment

  Dec 29, 2023
  
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• Okanagan Basin Water Board calls for moratorium on out-of-province watercraft

  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.

  Environment

  Oct 13, 2023
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• Volunteers wanted in Okanagan to monitor invasive mussels

  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.

  Environment

  Jul 18, 2023
• Okanagan water board calls report on invasive mussels troubling

  “I couldn't let it go without saying something because it is really a really shocking report,” said Anna Warwick Sears of the Okanagan Basin Water Board.

  Environment

  Jun 13, 2023
• ‘Largest-ever decontamination’: B.C. crews track down mussel-infested barge from eastern Canada  

  According to the province, the barge from Lake Ontario was headed to a Lower Mainland waterway for industrial use.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2022
• B.C.’s invasive mussel defence program intercepts 5 contaminated boats from Ontario

  Five watercraft contaminated with invasive mussels were intercepted coming into B.C. Two were headed to the Okanagan, two to the Lower Mainland and one to Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2022
• 17 boats with invasive mussels stopped from entering B.C.

  Eight of these boats were headed to the Okanagan, four to the Lower Mainland, three to Vancouver Island, one to the Kootenays, and one to Skeena.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2021
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• Zebra mussels intercepted by Saskatchewan Environment near Manitoba border

  A boat contaminated with invasive zebra mussels was intercepted by Saskatchewan Environment inspectors and conservation officers near the Manitoba border.

  Environment

  Sep 16, 2021
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• Invasive mussels: B.C. reopens annual boat inspection stations

  The boat inspection stations are a part of the province’s Mussel Defence Program, which also includes lake monitoring and education.

  Environment

  May 15, 2021