Invasive mussels cause billions of dollars in damage to water infrastructure annually and threaten aquatic ecosystems.

Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage.

Scientists are trying new strategies to manage invasive mussels in Lake Michigan after decades of ecological disruption ...

County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between Bonner County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho State Department ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The invasive quagga and zebra mussels have a $100,000 bounty on their "heads." The U.S. government is offering the six-figure prize for the best suggestion on how to stop ...

Stories in this list received the most page views on aspentimes.com from June 23-30. 1. Conservationist urge the public to ...

Idaho's fight against invasive quagga mussels continues with mandatory boat inspections along the Snake River. ISDA reports promising early results but says monitoring will continue indefinitely.

Quagga mussels were introduced to the Great Lakes in the late 1980s, likely as a result of ballast water discharge by ships from Europe, and spread quickly to other U.S. waterbodies via ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture in the fall of 2023 and 2024 used Natrix to kill off quagga mussels in sections of the middle Snake River. Natrix is a copper-based pesticide registered ...

Local News Tiny mussels, big threat: Idaho's battle to save mid-Snake River continues The state's aggressive treatment has made major progress in killing off quagga mussels.

Originally published Oct. 17 on IdahoCapitalSun.com. Officials in Idaho say they are seeing fewer quagga mussel larvae and fewer dead fish compared to last year as they finish the second week of ...