Aquatic invasive species can cause long-term taste and odor issues in drinking water supplies.

What will greatly reduce the time it takes to inspect your watercraft for AIS?

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

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.

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

Once an aquatic invasive species becomes established in a waterbody, it becomes increasingly difficult and costly to manage the population.