ApocaDocs: Bill to keep mussels out of lakes

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Posted Sun Apr 13 2008: from Contra Costa Times:


	Bill to keep mussels out of lakes http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1208100797 "California, where water and recreation often mix, is struggling to devise a plan to defend its lakes and rivers from invasions by tiny quagga and zebra mussels, which threaten to wreak havoc on the environment and water delivery systems. An East Bay lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require lake and reservoir operators to develop plans to prevent boaters from inadvertently infecting new water bodies in California with nonnative mussels. The invasive mollusks can stow away in boats hauled from one reservoir to another. In a little more than a year, the mussels have infested the Colorado River and 17 reservoirs and aqueducts, mostly in Southern California but one in San Benito County."

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The ApocaDocs say:

We suggest instituting a photo ID requirement for these mussels.