How do quagga and zebra mussels spread from an affected water body to another water body?

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

No aquatic invasive plants have been found to be growing in Lake Whatcom.

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

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

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