What are inspectors looking and feeling for when they conduct a physical watercraft inspection?

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

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.

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.

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

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