Zebra and quagga mussels can create long-term taste and odor issues in drinking water supplies and clog water intake structures.

It only takes one plant fragment to start a new population of Eurasian watermilfoil.

Inspectors will ask you where and when your watercraft was last used.

People who live on Lake Whatcom or Lake Samish and keep their boat on the lake and never take it anywhere else do not need to buy an AIS Permit or to get their watercraft inspected.

Inspectors will only need to do a visual inspection of the exterior of the watercraft.

Adult quagga and zebra mussels can survive out of the water for up to 30 days.

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.