Quagga mussels from Lake Mead, in Nevada. (Dave Britton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) State officials and contractors will begin using a copper-based chemical in the Snake River near Twin Falls on ...

They are smaller than a finger nail, but have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage across the country. Idaho is continuing its unprecedented battle to stop quagga mussels from spreading in ...

The invasive quagga mussels found in an Idaho river in 2023 were microscopic. But to state officials, their presence was enormous. Though the mussels couldn’t grow much larger than a nickel, state ...

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Officials in Idaho are trying to keep quagga mussels like these mussels found in Lake Mead, Nevada, from taking over the Snake River in Idaho. (Courtesy of Dave Britton/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...

IDAHO, USA — Idaho Fish & Game (IDFG) announced that the department will be manually stunning rainbow trout on the South Fork Snake River and moving them to the Upper Snake Region to help the local ...

Lower Monumental Dam near Kahlotus on the Snake River spills water to benefit juvenile salmon in July 2022. Army Corps of Engineers Hydropower is an important source of reliable and clean energy for ...

Snake River Animal Shelter has received a $10,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love to support its ongoing lifesaving work for pets across eastern Idaho. Shelter officials say the funding is ...

State officials and contractors began using a copper-based chemical in the Snake River near Twin Falls on Tuesday in an effort to kill off invasive quagga mussels that were detected again last month.