Water managers and state wildlife officials last year hoped the discovery of a microscopic zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River was a one-time event, not a sign of a larger problem lurking beneath ...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife decontaminated more mussel-infested boats in 2019 than in 2018, but inspectors again kept the invasive and destructive mussels out of the state’s lakes and reservoirs.
The headgates are open and water is returning to Highline Lake in the state park located outside of Grand Junction. The lake — fed by the Government Highline Canal and connected to the Colorado River ...
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist holds a dead spike mussel, the same species of freshwater mussel studied by researchers at Penn State. Credit: Meagan Racey/USFWS The Biggest Carbon ...
Ruedi Reservoir, near Basalt, recorded less mussel-contaminated watercraft in 2024 than in 2023, likely due to additional inspection locations around the state. “There’s new inspection points around ...
Those early mussel stages are very difficult for people to find.