Skepticism voiced over mussel eradication in Lake Winnipeg
Kelowna Capital News – June 24, 2014 The head of the Okanagan Basin Water Board is skeptical about the results of a potash treatment to … Read more
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Zebra Mussel
Talks muscled with minister
Vernon Morningstar – June 20, 2014 The battle over invasive mussels is being taken straight to the powers-that-be. Regional District of North Okanagan directors are … Read more
Water Board Launches Campaign – Urges Okanagan Residents to Press for Action on Zebra Mussels
Kelowna, B.C. – After two years of calls to the province and federal government to help prevent invasive zebra and quagga mussels from being brought … Read more
Salmon Arm pushes for action on invasive mussels
Salmon Arm Observer – May 22, 2014 The City of Salmon Arm is adding its voice in the call for preventative action on invasive mussels. … Read more
Council encourages action on mussels
Sicamous Eagle Valley News – May 7, 2014 Sicamous council is encouraging B.C.’s environment ministry to put some muscle into protecting local lakes from invasive … Read more
Muscles flexed over mussels
Castanet – May 1, 2014 Vernon City Council is fed up with the lack of federal and provincial government concern over zebra and quagga mussels … Read more
Stop the invaders
Cranbrook Daily Townsman – April 30, 2014 A board that includes municipalities from the Okanagan is hoping that Cranbrook council will get behind their push … Read more
Flex your mussels
Vernon Morningstar – April 8, 2014 Okanagan residents are increasingly concerned about being invaded, but the Great Lakes basin has experienced the nightmare for years. … Read more
Officials targeted over mussel risk
Vernon Morningstar – April 2, 2014 Okanagan residents are being rallied to fight invaders. The Okanagan Basin Water Board decided Tuesday to consider ways of … Read more
Okanagan residents warned about invasive mussel species
Lake Country Calendar – April 2, 2014 Okanagan residents are being rallied to fight invaders. The Okanagan Basin Water Board decided Tuesday to consider ways … Read more
Invasive quagga mussels stopped at border by alert CBSA officer
Osoyoos Times – March 27, 2014 A potential infestation of the Okanagan lakes with quagga mussels was averted recently thanks to an alert customs officer … Read more
Mussels spread avoided
Vernon Morning Star – March 21, 2014 The Okanagan escaped a close call with an invasive species that has devastated ecosystems across North America.
Mussel menace averted
Kelowna Daily Courier – March 21, 2014 Okanagan Lake dodged a bullet when a sharp-eyed border guard noticed invasive mussels on a boat destined for … Read more
Mussel scare a wake-up call
Vernon Morning Star – March 21, 2014 It should be considered a shot across the bow for federal and provincial officials.
Zebra mussels stopped at Osoyoos border crossing
Penticton Western News – March 20, 2014 Another near-miss involving invasive mussels on a boat headed for B.C. underscores the need for senior governments to … Read more
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
Okanagan waterways spared devastating mussel infestation thanks to one careful look
Vancouver Sun – March 20, 2014 VERNON – Alert border officials are being credited for stopping an invasive species of mussel from entering waterways in … 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