Minnesota River listed for zebra mussels, invasive carp
Zebra mussels were confirmed in river reservoir last year.
Zebra mussels were confirmed in river reservoir last year.
Aquatic invasive species found in Comfort Lake, near Wyoming in Chisago County, and Rush Lake in Otter Tail County.
South Dakota border water, also known as Cottonwood Lake, sits below Lewis and Clark Lake’s Gavins Point dam and just north of the Missouri River. In recent years, zebra mussels became established in Lewis and Clark and the river from the dam to the Kansas border.
These are the second and third new confirmations of zebra mussels in a Minnesota lake in 2017.
Lake Minnetonka study, the first known field test of its kind in the country, is in its second year.
A single mussel found in Wright County’s Cedar Lake; broader survey of the lake is being conducted to determine how widely zebra mussels may be present.
Park officials are installing barriers in front of boat launches in an attempt to prevent invasive mussels recently discovered in Montana from spreading to the park and into the Columbia River Basin.
Most of the waterways are connected to already infested waters.
Shelby makes it four K9s in the program, which provides another tool in prevention efforts.