A dog named Puddles is working with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Police dog comes out of retirement to fight dangerous menace: 'Alarming reminder of the imminent threat we face' ...

State Rep. Mark Owens, a Republican from Crane who represents Malheur County, is one of the sponsors of House Bill 2982 which ...

Idaho needs to have a “critical conversation” about what out-of-state boat traffic looks like, Chanel Tewalt, Idaho State Department of Agriculture director, told Idaho legislators Feb. 4.

The best way to keep lakes free of invasive zebra mussels, as well as from quagga mussels, is draining any residual water from your boat and recreational equipment before leaving a water body ...

In a presentation to the House Agricultural Affairs Committee, Tewalt updated legislators on the department’s progress of eliminating invasive quagga mussels in the Snake River — a mission ...

Zebra and quagga mussels, originally found in Eastern Europe and Russia, arrived in the Great Lakes in the late 80s via ballast discharge from transoceanic ships. The Rochester embayment was ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture in the fall of 2023 and 2024 used Natrix to kill of quagga mussels in sections of the middle Snake River. Natrix is a copper-based pesticide registered by ...

In 2024, more than 3,500 watercraft inspections were performed in the province, over 250 decontaminations were completed on watercraft that weren't cleaned properly, and a total of six watercraft ...

Alberta has a new and sharper focus on invasive zebra and quagga mussels. It aims to keep them out, even as they threaten to encroach from the south and east. CropLife Canada is calling for a halt to ...