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This season, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is closing down watercraft inspection stations in areas where risk of aquatic invasive species coming from out-of-state boats is considered low.

It’s been kind of a half empty, half full aquatic invasive species (AIS) inspection effort this summer in Montana. There has been less watercraft inspected but a record number of mussel-fouled watercraft discovered. That’s not good but the fact that inspectors found them is good.

As of Friday, AIS Bureau Chief Tom Woolf said 49 boats have been noted as having aquatic invasive mussels, far surpassing the 35 boats with mussels detected last year which,

St. Louis Public Radio Steven Woolf directed 47 plays during a long tenure as artistic director for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Steven Woolf, who led the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis as its artistic director for 33 years, died Monday of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 75. The Rep produced more than 300 different plays during his tenure. He directed 47 of them. Woolf often turned to well-known 20th-century works by American and British playwrights, including Ed...

Woolf died Monday after an illness left him hospitalized. He was 75. Credit: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Steven Woolf, the longtime artistic director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, died Monday, July 12. He was 75. Author: Sam Clancy Updated: 9:49 PM CDT July 12, 2021 ST. LOUIS — Steven Woolf, the longtime artistic director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, died Monday after an illness left him hospitalized. He was 75. Woolf led more than 300 dif...

A SCUBA diver holds a rock covered in quagga mussels on Lake Michigan in 2017. Inspectors are finding a rash of boats carrying invasive species into Montana, though the boating season’s busiest stretch is yet to come. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has intercepted 21 boats with invasive zebra or quagga mussels this season, compared to eight at this time last year. “So we’re way above and beyond what we saw last season at this time,” said Tom Woolf, Aquatic Invasive Species Program Di...

A new tool to kill the water killers By Buckmasters Online Revolutionary new method joins the fight against invasive mussels. For almost three decades now, conservationists in states with massive lake and river water resources have lost the battle against two invasive mussels—the quagga and the zebra. Since spring arrived and recreational boaters and water users are putting their boats into the water, Utah is bringing an important new weapon to the fight May 1. The new system will lead the wa...

Three mussel-fouled boats found at Anaconda Station Latest in string of fouled boats found entering the state   Staff and wire report Anaconda watercraft inspectors were busy last weekend when three mussel-fouled watercraft were intercepted at the inspection station. The inspectors keep finding more fouled boats, with the previous weekend, on April 10, marking Montana’s watercraft inspectors intercepting the sixth mussel-fouled boat entering the state. That boat also was stopped at the Ana...

Discovery of invasive mussels keep Montana’s boat inspections busy MTN News file and last updated 2021-04-21 16:47:43-04 MISSOULA — Only a few weeks into the season, Montana check stations have already stopped about 10 boats with invasive mussels attached. It’s going to be another busy summer, and more people may be passing through at night bringing invasive species with them. On Saturday, Fish, Wildlife & Parks watercraft inspectors at the Anaconda station were busy checking all...

Invasive species are hitchhiking on boats coming into Montana.