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Utah decontaminates more boats from quagga mussels and other invasive species in 2025
This year’s boating season report on invasive species decontamination efforts at Lake Powell and other Utah waterbodies registered larger numbers than in 2024. Technicians from different Utah, Arizona and federal offices inspected over 288,500 boats and performed 6,509 decontaminations of quagga mussels and other aquatic invasive species like Eurasian watermilfoil since the start of 2025, according to a release from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. That’s an increase from the 6,383 boats decontaminated in 2024. But the state is overall happy with boaters’ compliance to ...
