April 26, 2013 - 12:22 PM
Invasive Mussels
Heather Larratt, Aquatic Biologist, spoke to Council about the need to implement a strategy to prevent the spread of invasive Zebra and Quagga mussels to the Okanagan. Currently these invasive mussels are spreading rapidly in eastern Canada and the United States and there is concern they could spread to the Okanagan. The most common way the mussels spread is when boats are used in contaminated lakes, not cleaned and then used in uncontaminated lakes.