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County works to reduce aquatic invasive species

Posted July 2013
A task force gathered at the Montana State Offices in Thompson Falls on Wednesday to discuss efforts to reduce the population of the invasive species known as Eurasian Water Milfoil in Sanders County waters. READ MORE
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FWP ups state defenses against aquatic invasive species

Posted June 2013
In spite of the occasional discovery at a check station, zebra mussels haven’t moved into Montana yet. “The five northwestern states are free of mussels and that’s currently the line,” Begley said. The same can’t be said for Eurasian watermilfoil, which first invaded Montana in 2006. After lurking in Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille, where it’s been degrading the water quality for a decade, it finally showed up in the Clark Fork River.
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