News Items tag as: invasive mussels

Mussel inspections find 19 boats carrying invasive species
November 13, 2019 - 6:00 AM

Nineteen out-of-province vehicles were heading for B.C. lakes last summer with zebra or quagga mussels on them, including three of them headed for the Okanagan.
You can help monitor Okanagan lakes for invasive mussels with this program
August 02, 2019 - 11:01 AM

SUMMERLAND - If you have a dock on a lake in the Okanagan, a local society would like you to keep your eyes peeled for invasive mussels.
More needs to be done to stop invasive mussel infested boats: Okanagan Basin Water Board
July 18, 2019 - 10:19 AM

KELOWNA - Inspectors have intercepted nine boats and one kayak carrying invasive mussels into B.C. as of July 5, and of those, two were headed for the Okanagan.
Overloaded B.C. invasive mussel-sniffing dog getting help
March 20, 2019 - 5:00 PM

The fight to keep B.C. free of invasive mussels just got a major boost with a second mussel-sniffing dog ready to hit the inspection stations this spring.
B.C. invasive mussel defence program inspected 38,000 boats last year
February 21, 2019 - 2:04 PM

The B.C. government’s Invasive Mussel Defence Program was busy last year performing 38,000 watercraft inspections.
Water board pushing for enhanced invasive mussel-fighting legislation
November 21, 2018 - 1:08 PM

The Okanagan Basin Water Board continues its push for legislation to require mandatory out-of-province boat inspections in an effort to stop invasive mussels from entering the province's waterways.
B.C. invasive mussel fight continues into fall season
September 19, 2018 - 2:00 PM

The battle for funding to keep invasive mussels out of B.C. lakes continues as another boating season winds down for the year.
Kelowna gets help in mussels fight from across the country, thanks to Kelowna Chamber of Commerce
September 26, 2017 - 4:50 PM

KELOWNA - The fight to prevent zebra and quagga mussels from invading local waters got a big boost at the Canadian Chamber annual general meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick last week thanks to a resolution from the Kelowna contingent.
Five boats heading to the Okanagan caught with invasive mussels
August 15, 2017 - 1:05 PM

KELOWNA - The chair of the Okanagan Basin Water Board is concerned about the number of boats travelling to the valley found with invasive mussels so far this season.
Mussel-sniffing dog new weapon in arsenal to prevent spread of invasive species
April 20, 2017 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - With the spectre of invasive mussels moving ever closer to the British Columbia border every year, the province recently announced new measures to address the threat.
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