Boat inspectors block record 41 boats with invasive mussels
In this file photo, Erik Hanson, an invasive species consultant for the Flathead Basin Commission, decontaminates a mussel-fouled boat in Kalispell. (Sam Wilson/Daily Inter Lake)
HELENA (AP) — Montana's watercraft inspectors have intercepted a record number of boats carrying aquatic invasive mussels this year with nearly half of the boating season remaining, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said.
Inspectors identified two infested boats last week, bringing this year's total to 41, the Montana State News Bureau reported Thursday...
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