News Items tag as: Mussel Threat

COVID-19 hasn't kept invasive mussel-infested boats out of Okanagan
December 05, 2021 - 3:35 PM

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered travel restrictions over the past two summers, boaters are still coming to the Okanagan and bringing invasive Zebra and Quagga mussels them.
iN VIDEO: Okanagan filmmaker releases new documentary on mussel threat
November 15, 2018 - 5:30 PM

VERNON - A Vernon filmmaker with a passion for keeping B.C. lakes and rivers mussel free, is hoping to keep his message alive through his latest film.
$3M funding to fight invasives includes mussel-sniffing dog
March 30, 2017 - 12:14 PM

KELOWNA – A multi-million dollar funding boost from the provincial government will go to a variety of areas in the battle against invasive mussels, including the addition of Canada's first mussel-sniffing dog.
Invasive mussels found in Montana; Okanagan Water Board calls for tighter restrictions at home
December 15, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Invasive mussels have latched on in Montana, triggering the state's declaration of a statewide Natural Resource Emergency.
Mussel threat turns real during training session
August 19, 2015 - 6:30 PM

OKANAGAN - A training session on how to inspect for invasive mussels turned hands-on when a contaminated boat showed up from Ontario.
Okanagan-bound boat caught and decontaminated for possible invasive mussel threat
June 18, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA – Conservation officers in Kelowna decontaminated a boat today which came to the Okanagan from an Ontario lake known to be infested with invasive mussels.
Here’s what a Vernon man said to Christy Clark about invasive mussels
June 12, 2015 - 1:27 PM

“IS B.C. NOT WORTH IT TO YOU?”
Mussels with wings; the new front in the battle against invasive species
April 24, 2015 - 8:34 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The defensive war on invasive mussels hitching a ride into British Columbia’s lakes and rivers via recreational boats has just begun but there’s already talk of opening up a new front — float planes.
Filmmaker hopes Okanagan mussel threat documentary will create 'groundswell of public pressure'
April 16, 2015 - 7:32 PM

VERNON - There may not be any zebra or quagga mussels in B.C. yet, but the threat is very real, and very urgent, says a Vernon man who spent months interviewing experts and visiting infested lakes and rivers in the U.S.
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News Items tag as: Mussel Threat

COVID-19 hasn't kept invasive mussel-infested boats out of Okanagan

iN VIDEO: Okanagan filmmaker releases new documentary on mussel threat

$3M funding to fight invasives includes mussel-sniffing dog

Invasive mussels found in Montana; Okanagan Water Board calls for tighter restrictions at home

Mussel threat turns real during training session

Okanagan-bound boat caught and decontaminated for possible invasive mussel threat

Here’s what a Vernon man said to Christy Clark about invasive mussels

Mussels with wings; the new front in the battle against invasive species

Filmmaker hopes Okanagan mussel threat documentary will create 'groundswell of public pressure'

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