In a special report, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin examines how federal cuts could impact invasive species monitoring on Lake ...

The first-of-its-kind project is happening in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and ...

Scientists are experimenting with methods to remove invasive zebra and quagga mussels from Lake Michigan. ... may be helping control mussel recolonization in areas where they've been removed.

The quagga mussel is a species of freshwater mussel native to the Aral, Black and Caspian seas and the Dnieper River drainage in Ukraine. It's closely related to the zebra mussel.

The quagga mussel is particularly successful because it does not require a hard substrate and can live on sandy or muddy ground. The species was first recorded in Germany in 2005.

The quagga mussel, which originates from the Black Sea, has been spreading rapidly in Swiss waters for around ten years. More. More Study: quagga mussels to spread massively in Switzerland ...

Part of quagga mussel treatment efforts on the Middle Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho, in 2023. (Courtesy Idaho State Department of Agriculture) The Idaho State Department of Agriculture on Feb ...

News; Idaho; Idaho agriculture department plans second quagga mussel treatment in Snake River in November Oct. 28, 2024 Updated Mon., Oct. 28, 2024 at 9:01 p.m. In September 2023, the Idaho ...

Chanel Tewalt, director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, told a state legislative committee Monday the department did not let its “foot off the gas” in quagga mussel eradication ...

The quagga mussel poses a threat, too. They’ve now been found in a popular and large Wisconsin inland lake — Geneva Lake. Last week, a DNR team began investigating the quagga mussel’s ...

The quagga mussel, first discovered in the United States in 1989, is an invasive species that alters the food web by filtering water and removing plankton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...