EDITORIAL: Mussels require prompt action

February 9, 2014

Vernon Morning Star

One has to wonder if federal and provincial officials check their e-mail or post office box?

Once again, the Okanagan Basin Water Board is demanding that Victoria and Ottawa take immediate action to prevent invasive zebra and quagga mussels from enter our watershed.

“We need them to come to the table,” said director Juliette Cunningham.

But numerous calls for action have apparently fallen on deaf ears because nothing has been done.

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