Traveling with plants attached to your boat/trailer in Washington State is:

Eurasian watermilfoil has NOT been found growing in any lake in Whatcom County.

Fragrant waterlilly has been found to be growing in Lake Samish.

If you get a wire seal attached to your boat and trailer when leaving Lake Whatcom, and then come back to Lake Whatcom another day with the tether still intact, will you need to stop at a staffed inspection station?

Quagga and zebra mussels came to North America in the ballast tanks and on the anchor chains of large, transoceanic ships that entered the Great Lakes.

All of our education and outreach efforts are designed to help the public to understand the threat that invasive species pose to Whatcom County waters and steps they can take to help prevent their spread.