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Quagga mussels confirmed in Powell
Posted: Mar 27 2013 10:10 pm
by PaleoRob
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56068 ... l.html.csp
Quagga Mussel adults confirmed (and removed) from Lake Powell at Wahweap. Coupled with a positive DNA hit from Penstock 4 late last year it seems like they are established in the lake.
Re: Quagga mussels confirmed in Powell
Posted: Mar 27 2013 10:31 pm
by ASUAviator
I thought they were in the colorado river lakes for a while now? And pleasant got theirs when the CAP connected to it a few years back as well as striper bass. I wonder if Mead, Mohave, or Havasu have them?
Re: Quagga mussels confirmed in Powell
Posted: Mar 28 2013 3:27 pm
by PaleoRob
Yeah, they've been everywhere below Lake Powell but Glen Canyon has had a very strong and active interdiction effort. This is a pretty big blow to containing this invasive species to the Lower Basin. It also hits my wife pretty hard - her Master's thesis that she is finishing up is about exactly this issue. She has to do some serious rewrites now...