Puget Sound like all salt waters kills any such mussels. So this issue is only for moving from one fresh water body to another. -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] On Behalf Of Craig Jungers Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:34 PM To: Chuck Holst Cc: Paddlewise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Kayaking with Zebra Mussels On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Chuck Holst <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote: > Zebra mussels have invaded some of the waters in Minnesota, Idaho, only about 70 miles east of me, is very concerned with Zebra mussels. They have videos of a person towing a boat up from Nevada (the Colorado River - and the lakes impounded behind the dams - are infested with Zebras) festooned with Zebras. The driver had no idea, apparently. A solution of bleach would probably kill the juvenile free-swimming form and it's probably a good idea to use that as a wipe-down and a soak in electric pumps. Lots of paddlers put their kayaks into a swimming pool to wash the salt off (and out) and since these are generally laced with chlorine that should be enough. It's almost certainly futile in the long run however. Unless, as some are suggesting, we implement state border inspection areas (like California does). Even then, how do you stop invasion of tributary waters of infested lakes? If you only paddle one waterway (as many Puget Sound kayakers do) then you need do nothing at all Kruger would probably have some insight on this. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 16 2009 - 20:32:42 PDT
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