Rafters float down the Colorado River in Horsethief Canyon near the Colorado-Utah border on May 15, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) State wildlife officials detected zebra mussel larvae in ...

Rafters float down the Colorado River in Horsethief Canyon near the Colorado-Utah border on May 15, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have launched an ...

Despite CPW’s best efforts to eradicate zebra mussels from various bodies of water on the Western Slope, 2025 saw the mussels discovered in the Colorado River. It was a good year to be an invasive ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Zebra Mussels are freshwater, bivalve mollusks that are an invasive species across the world. This includes parts of Western Colorado. Right now, Colorado Parks and ...

Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They were joined shortly after by Quagga mussels in the early 90s. Today, both are among the most serious aquatic ...

MISSOURI, USA — Seemingly harmless balls of moss used in aquariums may be hiding one of the nation's "most destructive invasive species in North America," the Missouri Department of Conservation ...

Following the discovery of golden mussels in California, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is taking steps to prevent the invasive species from coming to the state. The state wildlife agency temporarily ...

MONTPELIER — After several seasons of thorough sampling, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) scientists, consultants and local partners have detected zebra mussels in United States ...

MISSOURI, USA — Boaters throughout Missouri could unknowingly be giving rides to the most destructive invasive species in North America, transporting them to other waterways in the state, the Missouri ...