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CASPER – Although a highly invasive and harmful species of mussel was unexpectedly found in aquarium decorations at Wyoming pet stores earlier this year, wildlife officials say they have not
Written by Associated Press on June 2, 2021 CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife officials believe Wyoming remains free of invasive zebra mussels three months after the mollusks turned up in aquarium products shipped into the state. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and state Department of Agriculture have been using DNA testing to monitor sewer systems for zebra mussels and the similarly invasive quagga mussel. “If we get a positive on a wastewater facility, it would mean we would ramp up monitoring at that facility,” state fisheries chief Alan Osterland told...
Wildlife officials: Wyoming still free of invasive mussels June 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife officials believe Wyoming remains free of invasive zebra mussels three months after the mollusks turned up in aquarium products shipped into the state. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and state Department of Agriculture have been using DNA testing to monitor sewer systems for zebra mussels and the similarly invasive quagga mussel. “If we get a positive on a wastewater facility, it would mean we would ramp up monitoring at that facility,” state fisheries chief Al...
Green River Star - Zebra mussel strike team formed April 29, 2021 POWELL — After years of diligently manning aquatic invasive species checkpoints with trained inspectors, testing water systems and preparing for the worst, invasive zebra mussels were delivered to Wyoming via first class mail. For more than a decade, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has been actively planning and gearing up to keep damaging invasive species of mussels out of the state. It was once one of six states in the lower 48 proud to be mussel-free. That is, until this spring. Invasive zebra mussels were found...
Gay Lynn Byrd couldnât quite recall the last time sheâd laid eyes on the Tetons, but her best guess was that it had been nearly 30 years. Hailing from Douglas, the Wyoming Game and Fish commissioner was certain of something else: Sheâd never seen a wild wolf. That changed last week. âWe ranch, so we see livestock and wildlife all the time, but just to see it with the Tetons is great,â Byrd said. âThis was the first time Iâd seen a wolf in the wild. âNow we just have the keep them up here,â the 60-year-old added, âbecause we donât want the...