zebra mussels

It was a close call along Interstate 90 near Spokane, Washington — but not the kind you might think. Recently, workers at a Washington Department of Fish…

(Runtime 3:59) At a watercraft inspection station along the highway a few miles from the Idaho border, one very good boy is doing a very good job.Fin is…

(Runtime 0:57)Fast-spreading invasive aquatic mussels are hitching rides on boats, kayaks and jet skis. So, people are working to keep them out of the…

Washington state wildlife officials are working with pet store chains to stop the spread of aquarium products found to contain zebra mussels. A zebra mussel is a tiny shellfish native to the Black and Caspian Seas in Ukraine. But they’re now found all over the world, except in the Northwest.

As boat inspections in the Northwest ramp up for summer, an inspection at the Washington-Idaho border near Spokane last week turned up highly invasive zebra mussels.