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Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, noted that the Legislature has “been very generous when we’ve had the money to be proactive on milfoil, and with the leadership of Rep. Anderson and others, made some great strides.” But now, she said, “Obviously, in our economic downturn we’re at a crisis point, and we have quagga mussels looming 100 miles from our border, so there’s a grave concern.” She asked state Ag Director Celia Gould if she’s “identified other funding sources that could help us with this threat?” Gould responded, “We just haven’t found that money tree for quagga mussels”/Betsy Russell, SR Eye On Boise. More here.
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Cabbage Boy on February 11 at 3:18 p.m.
I haven’t used my “quagga mussels” for years.
Sisyphus on February 11 at 3:26 p.m.
100 miles!! That’s scary.
I can’t believe more people aren’t sounding alarm bells on those things. North Idaho will face a disaster in the lakes if it arrives in months, not years, yet some of your pinheaded legislators want any enforcement to be strictly voluntary. I think every boat coming in the state should be inspected. It will clog spillways, head gates, and ditches, attach to boats, docks and and moorings putting the state to considerable expense and its almost here. A pound of prevention and all that. There is no cure. Once they’re here its all over. It’ll make you wonder what all the fuss over milfoil was over.