On a bluebird day at West and East Lake in Grand Junction, Maddie Baker throws a plankton tow net into the water, and drags it back to her. “This is made of a 64 micrometer mesh, so that allows us to ...

LOMA, Colorado — Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced it has finalized a new plan to eradicate mussels found in Highline Lake State Park. The agency said five adult zebra mussels were found while ...

When Colorado Parks and Wildlife personnel tested a small pond that feeds the irrigation system at the Mesa County ...

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 ...

First, the invaders claimed Lake St. Clair, on the border of Michigan and Canada. By the early 1990s, they’d taken hold in the Great Lakes, then made their way into the Mississippi River Basin. The ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has discovered another Texas body of water that has been infested by a dangerous invasive species. According to a release, Fort Phantom Hill Lake, near ...

Nobody wants to see lakes infested with zebra mussels. The little clamlike creatures have a reputation for prolific growth and upending the waters they invade. But from a strictly economic perspective ...

The countdown until an aquatic infestation arrives on the doorstep of Sioux Falls began Thursday. Buried within a South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks press release, the agency responsible for slowing the ...