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

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

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

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

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.

In the state of Washington you can be fined for towing a boat/trailer on the road with plant fragments attached.