Expert urges action on invasive golden mussels now
The time to act on golden mussels is yesterday. If not yesterday, then now, an expert on invasive mollusks told attendees at the World Ag Expo in Tulare Wednesday. … These things are “quagga mussel on steroids” said David Hammond, a senior scientist at Earth Science Labs. He urged irrigation and water district managers at the seminar to enact immediate preventative measures, or their entire conveyance systems would be at risk of being overrun by the tiny, rapidly multiplying mussels. … Golden mussels, native to Southeast Asia and a cousin to quagga and zebra mussels, were first discovered in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2024. And in less than a year, have traveled the length of the state, clogging infrastructure as they rapidly multiply.
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