Officials unprepared when mussel-infested boat arrived at Osoyoos border crossing
Osoyoos Times – October 15, 2014 When a boat contaminated with invasive quagga mussels crossed into B.C. at Osoyoos in March, border officials told the … Read more
Osoyoos border
Quagga mussel scare
Keremeos Review – March 20, 2014 An alert Canadian border crossing agent may have staved off a potential disaster for Okanagan Lake after spotting quagga … Read more
Okanagan waterways spared devastating mussel infestation thanks to one careful look
Province – March 20, 2014 VERNON – Alert border officials are being credited for stopping an invasive species of mussel from entering waterways in B.C.’s … Read more
Mussels scare water board
Castanet – March 20, 2014 Members of the Okanagan Basin Water Board are calling it a very close call. They are concerned with the news … Read more
Mussels found entering B.C.
Daybreak Kelowna – March 20, 2014
Invasive mussels stopped from entering Okanagan Lake
Kelowna Now – March 20, 2014 Canadian Customs Officers discovered what appeared to be zebra and quagga mussels attached to a boat trying to cross … Read more
Invasive mussels spotted at border
Kelowna Daily Courier – March 20, 2014 A boat that may have been infested with zebra or quagga mussels was stopped at the Canadian border … Read more
Infested ‘mussel’ boat
Castanet – March 20, 2014 On the evening of March 12, a Canada Customs official notified the BC Conservation Officer service that they found what … Read more
Border control have no ‘mussel’ when it comes to invested watercraft
Infotel – March 20, 2014 PENTICTON – Canada Customs got lucky last week when an officer spotted what appeared to be invasive mussel species attached … Read more
B.C. waterways spared devastating infestation thanks to one careful look
The Canadian Press – March 20, 2014 VERNON, B.C. – Alert border officials are being credited for stopping an invasive species of mussel from entering … Read more
Invasive mussels were bound for Okanagan Lake
Infotel – March 19, 2014 KELOWNA – An invasive mussel nearly made an unwanted debut in the Okanagan last week. The Okanagan Basin Water Board … Read more