State Wildlife Officials Working Hard To Hold Back Zebra Mussels

State Wildlife Officials Working Hard To Hold Back Zebra Mussels

PIERRE. (KCCR) — South Dakota wildlife officials continue to do the best they can to try and control the expansion of zebra mussels in state waterways. Fisheries Biologist Fisheries Program Administrator Jake Davis told the Game, Fish and Parks Commission this month while inspection stations are helpful, finding all mussels are difficult…

Davis says 134 citations and145 warnings have been issued for not abiding by regulations on aquatic invasive specie control. For new confirmations have been made this year…

Davis says there is some natural movement of mussels but most are moved by people…

G-F-and- P officials say over 18-thousand inspections for A-I-S have been conducted so far in South Dakota in 2023.