On Tuesday, February 3, the Inyo County Board of Supervisors will host a workshop to discuss how to address the significant threat to our local environment and economy posed by the Golden Mussel. … Without active efforts to educate the visiting public about this threat and a mandatory inspection and decontamination requirement for boats, it is highly likely that the Golden Mussel will be introduced into the Eastern Sierra watersheds. … Given the looming threat, Inyo County staff engaged with Mono County, CDFW, the Town of Mammoth Lakes, the Inyo County Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Southern California Edison, the City of Bishop, and the Inyo County Sheriff and District Attorney, to consider how the numerous parties can work collaboratively to help prevent the introduction of the Golden Mussel to regional waterways. 

Other invasive species news:

• The Coronado Times (Calif.): Port receives $200,000 grant to mitigate Caulerpa prolifera algae first discovered in Coronado Cays