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Vernon RCMP volunteers are back to check for invasive mussels
Volunteers will be back out checking boats for invasive mussels in Vernon, starting today. RCMP…
Record number of boats inspected for tiny, but mighty, invasive mussels
KELOWNA – This year, The Invasive Mussel Defence Program inspected a record-breaking 24,000 watercraft for…
Current invasive mussel inspection efforts insufficient, says Okanagan Basin Water Board
BOARD CALLS FOR DAYLIGHT HOURS MONITORING; MANDATORY PRE-LAUNCH INSPECTIONS OKANAGAN VALLEY – A form of…
Financial muscle for mussel awareness program
PENTICTON - Waterways in the South Okanagan will receive an extra measure of protection in the fight to prevent the spread of an aquatic invasive species this summer. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen received a $100,000 grant from the project this week. The grant will be used to educate and inform the public, working in conjunction...
Funding to help with mussel control in South Okanagan
PENTICTON - The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen is getting some financial help in its fight to prevent quagga and zebra mussels from finding their way into the Okanagan. The RBC Blue Water project recently announced $100,000 in grant funding will be made available to the regional district to bolster their Okanagan Aquatic Invasive Species...
Filmmaker hopes Okanagan mussel threat documentary will create ‘groundswell of public pressure’
VERNON - There may not be any zebra or quagga mussels in B.C. yet, but the threat is very real, and very urgent, says a Vernon man who spent months interviewing experts and visiting infested lakes and rivers in the U.S. All it would take is one contaminated boat getting across the border to destroy...