Lake Tahoe boat inspection appointments can now be made online southtahoenow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from southtahoenow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - An online Lake Tahoe invasive species boat inspection appointment system will launch on April 1 at 8:00 a.m. This new feature will be used for the drop-in inspections offered by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Tahoe Resource Conservation District.
The optional online appointments can be made at tahoeboatinspections.com and are to add convenience and help boaters save time.
Appointments can be scheduled for a $15 convenience fee for any date between May 1 and September 30, 2021.
Each of the three regional inspection stations will have multiple inspection lanes available at all times, with double capacity at the Alpine Meadows inspection station. The agencies remind boaters that the Truckee Airport inspection station is no longer in operation. The three regional stations are Alpine Meadows, Calif., Spooner Summit, Nev., and Meyers, Calif.
Harmful invasive species found at Medina Lake; Lake Placid now ‘fully infested’ with zebra mussels
Zebra mussels could spread downstream, TPWD officials warn
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SAN ANTONIO – Invasive zebra mussels that are known to harm wildlife have been detected at Medina Lake and could spread to nearby waterways, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
TPWD on Tuesday announced that the detection marks the first time zebra mussels have been found in the San Antonio River Basin.
They were detected on Feb. 11 when someone showed TPWD officials an image of a zebra mussel at a boat ramp near Haby’s Cove. Biologists soon after discovered two zebra mussels attached to rocks in the area near Red Cove Marina.
Invasive Mussel Found In Aquarium Plants In New Mexico ladailypost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ladailypost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Joanne S. Marchetta, TRPA
A return to pre-pandemic normalcy is still a few steps from our reach, but as the vaccine continues to roll out and contagion numbers improve, many of us are looking forward to taking our lives off hold and possibly having a safe summer. Warmer temperatures enliven more than our spirits, however. Aquatic invasive weeds in Lake Tahoe do most of their malignant growth in warmer weather, and this summer will also mark a surge in basin-wide work to knock them back.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and many partners are implementing the multi-agency Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) action agenda that prioritizes near and long-term control measures to halt the damage being done to Lake Tahoe by invasive plants, warm-water fish, and amphibians. The agenda calls for swift, unprecedented action to achieve a 90 percent or greater reduction in aquatic invasive plants, with a specific focus on the weed-choked lagoons of the Tahoe