Osoyoos Times – October 15, 2014 When a boat contaminated with invasive quagga mussels crossed into B.C. at Osoyoos in March, border officials told the province they had no legislative authority to detain it or send it back to the…
Osoyoos Times – October 15, 2014 When a boat contaminated with invasive quagga mussels crossed into B.C. at Osoyoos in March, border officials told the province they had no legislative authority to detain it or send it back to the…
Keremeos Review – March 20, 2014 An alert Canadian border crossing agent may have staved off a potential disaster for Okanagan Lake after spotting quagga mussels on a pleasure boat making its way into Canada. On the evening of March…
Province – March 20, 2014 VERNON – Alert border officials are being credited for stopping an invasive species of mussel from entering waterways in B.C.’s Okanagan region. A routine check spotted what appeared to be zebra or quagga mussels on…
Castanet – March 20, 2014 Members of the Okanagan Basin Water Board are calling it a very close call. They are concerned with the news that a boat, covered with invasive mussels, was stopped at the Osoyoos border crossing. “I…
Daybreak Kelowna – March 20, 2014
Kelowna Now – March 20, 2014 Canadian Customs Officers discovered what appeared to be zebra and quagga mussels attached to a boat trying to cross the border into Osoyoos. According to the Okanagan Basin Water Board, on March 12th a…
Kelowna Daily Courier – March 20, 2014 A boat that may have been infested with zebra or quagga mussels was stopped at the Canadian border crossing in Osoyoos on March 12.
Castanet – March 20, 2014 On the evening of March 12, a Canada Customs official notified the BC Conservation Officer service that they found what looked like zebra and/or quagga mussels on a large pleasure-craft boat being transported from the…
Infotel – March 20, 2014 PENTICTON – Canada Customs got lucky last week when an officer spotted what appeared to be invasive mussel species attached to a boat crossing the Osoyoos border headed for Lake Okanagan. Legally, customs officers have…
The Canadian Press – March 20, 2014 VERNON, B.C. – Alert border officials are being credited for stopping an invasive species of mussel from entering waterways in B.C.’s Okanagan region. A routine check spotted what appeared to be zebra or…
Infotel – March 19, 2014 KELOWNA – An invasive mussel nearly made an unwanted debut in the Okanagan last week. The Okanagan Basin Water Board issued a release Wednesday afternoon saying what looked to be zebra and/or quagga mussels were…