By educating all Whatcom County boaters and residents, the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program aims to protect:

Inspectors rely on both your answers to survey questions as well as a visual and physical inspection of the watercraft to make their risk determination.

The goal of decontamination is to kill and remove all evidence of aquatic invasive species using high-pressure, hot water.

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

Boating is a primary pathway for the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species to and from Whatcom County lakes.

Zebra and Quagga mussels are already present in Whatcom County lakes?