PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wildlife agencies in Oregon, Washington and Idaho are urging pet stores to stop selling a popular aquarium product after discovering invasive zebra mussels inside...

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in Montana have recently detected zebra mussels in aquarium moss balls for sale in pet stores across the state, despite spending about $3 million a year to...

EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine (AP) — A Maine lab is set to receive about $900,000 in federal funding to research a new method of detecting potentially harmful toxins in mussels.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators Monday proposed listing as threatened two freshwater mussel species native to many eastern U.S. rivers and streams.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has stocked about 2,400 endangered freshwater mussels into the Green River.

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has erected its first-ever bilingual Spanish-English billboards at two lakes around invasive species.

The state Department of Game and Fish announced this...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Legislation to prevent the spread of zebra mussels in South Dakota is headed for the state Senate. It received unanimous approval from the Agriculture and Natural Resources...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana reservoir that had a suspicious result in testing for invasive mussels in 2016 has been cleared and the state has lifted a requirement for mandatory...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine lobstering group has promised to fight the approval of an oyster farm off the state's southern coast that has become part of a protracted battle over access to the...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A fan mussel found only in the Mediterranean was officially added to the list of critically endangered species, after scientists recorded a dramatic decline in its population...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Testing of Montana waterways this year turned up no instances of invasive mussels, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said Wednesday.

LEICESTER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation says adult zebra mussels have been found in Lake Dunmore in Leicester.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials say a boat infested with an invasive species of mussels passed two watercraft checkpoints before they were discovered.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Inspections for aquatic invasive species in Montana continue through October, but the state has already set an annual record for the number of watercraft inspected.

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Wildlife biologists have rescued thousands of freshwater mussels left stranded out of water by the demolition of a dam on the White River in central Indiana.

LOWER RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Red Lake Nation tribal scientists are checking the waters of Lower Red Lake frequently for the appearance of zebra mussels that have already invaded the Upper...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than $375 billion in cargo — iron ore, coal, cement, stone, grain and more — has flowed between Great Lakes ports and foreign nations since 1959. That is when Queen...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it has found zebra mussels in McCarron Lake in Ramsey County.

The DNR says six zebra mussels were detected by an...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Zebra mussels have been confirmed at two more Austin-area lakes to bring the statewide infestation to 17 Texas lakes in five river basins.

VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is trying to figure out how damaging zebra mussels ended up in a mine pit on the Iron Range.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The recent discovery of zebra mussels in Lake Ashtabula didn't stop the North Dakota Game and Fish Department this year from completing one of its largest walleye stocking...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Boat inspectors recently prevented two vessels infested with invasive mussels from launching at Lake Tahoe.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency said Wednesday both boats...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Three organizations say they're relying on an intergovernmental body to develop solutions to problems caused by invasive mussels in the Great Lakes.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials say zebra mussels continue to spread upstream in the Missouri River system.

The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks confirmed the...

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Colorado wildlife inspectors have intercepted a record number of boats infested with invasive mussels as they try to keep the economically-damaging shellfish from entering...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Residents of two northwest Alaska villages say large numbers of dead mussels and shrimp-like krill have washed up on their shores.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State wildlife officials say an Asian carp species that poses a serious threat to Indiana's mussel populations is advancing closer to the state's waterways.

CRYSTAL LAKE, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says zebra mussels have been found in Crystal Lake in north-central Iowa.

The invasive species are native to eastern Europe...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials say an invasive mollusk has reached the waters of a major state lake.

WDAY-TV reports Sunday that officials at Lake Ashtabula have confirmed they...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah's push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials have confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Lake Ashtabula.

The state's Game and Fish Department says an angler discovered a suspected zebra...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Experts say 15 Texas lakes have invasive zebra mussels and boaters are urged to clean, drain and dry watercraft after use.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho inspectors have already intercepted 14 boats carrying invasive mussels into the state nearly a month into inspection season, officials said.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Game and Fish Department could soon administer a new program to prevent the spread of invasive species in the state's lakes and waterways after a proposal to...

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says inspectors recently found suspected invasive mussels on a boat headed through the state.

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in western Montana have intercepted a boat carrying invasive mussels.

The Montana Standard in Butte reports staff at the Anaconda watercraft inspection...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to again draw down Glenn Cunningham Lake in north Omaha in an effort to control invasive zebra mussels and an overabundance of common...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A newly formed watchdog group says Montana's aquatic invasive species prevention program has serious flaws.

The Missoulian reports that Watershed Protection Advocates...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussel larvae in Red Lake in northern Minnesota.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Researchers are warning that invasive mussels could cost Montana's economy more than $230 million per year in three key economic sectors: recreation, infrastructure and irrigation.

The Montana Invasive Species Council commissioned the study by the University of Montana Flathead Biological Station.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A recent study found a large population of mussels that live in the Willamette River near a Eugene park is reproducing.

The Register-Guard reported Thursday that a team combed the bottom of the river over the summer near Maurie Jacobs Park to estimate the population and age of western pearlshell.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A regulatory board is allowing shellfish harvesting in a key management area off of New England, though more monitoring of the fishery will now apply.

The New England Fishery Management Council has approved new measures to allow the harvest of surfclams within the Great South Channel Habitat Management Area. The council says mussel fishermen will also be able to operate in the new areas.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A coalition of agencies and groups in the Great Lakes region has released a plan for developing solutions to problems caused by invasive mussels.

The strategy is intended to guide investments, policies and research into zebra and quagga mussels. The mussels arrived in the lakes in the 1980s and have spread across much of the nation.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed protecting a species of Southeastern freshwater mussel under the Endangered Species Act, a move that reflects the threat of pollution and climate change to freshwater mussels overall.