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  • Thousands of historic shipwrecks in the US are being threatened by wood-destroying mussels

    09/24/2023 6:17:57 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 49 replies
    New York Post ^ | 9/23/23 | Jon Levine
    They’re hungry, hungry mollusks. Thousands of historic shipwrecks sunk in the American Great Lakes are at risk of being lost forever thanks to invasive, wood-destroying mussels. The lakes are home to an estimated 6,000 shipwrecks, with some dating back to the 17th century, according to estimates from the University of Buffalo. The Quagga mussel, originally native to the waters of Russia and Ukraine, is believed to have arrived in the Great Lakes in 1989 — possibly as a result of ballast dumps from transoceanic freighters traversing the lakes. The population of Quagga mussels has exploded in the waters of the...
  • Napolitano reinstates invasive species council ( Multi-state problems )

    04/15/2007 3:55:18 PM PDT · by george76 · 26 replies · 851+ views
    Cronkite News Service ^ | APRIL 15, 2007 | SAMANTHA M. NOVICK
    Gov. Janet Napolitano has permanently reinstated the Arizona Invasive Species Advisory Council, a group that addresses threats from non-native species such as the roof rat, the yellow star thistle and the recently discovered quagga mussel... the quagga mussel, which has caused extensive damage in the upper Midwest, was found in Lake Mead, Lake Havasu and Lake Mohave along the Colorado River... the Game and Fish Department announced that an invasive fish thought to have been eradicated in Arizona, the bighead carp, has been found in Tucson's Lake Kennedy. It grows quite large and can damage ecosystems. The department also said...