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 ...

At its Tuesday meeting, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission rescinded its Snake River closure to hunting, fishing and trapping below the high-water mark near Twin Falls that had been in place since ...

Idaho state officials this fall plan to continue treatments to eradicate quagga mussels, an invasive species threatening the state’s ecosystem, after they found larvae remaining in the Snake River, ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) announced Friday that the quagga mussel impact area of the Snake River was reduced by 51%. ISDA referenced its extensive sampling, which ...

Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun Now in its third year, the effort to rid Idaho’s Snake River of invasive quagga mussels is a near 24/7 operation taking place both on the water and in a nearby ...

Idaho cut quagga mussel infestation in Snake River by half using copper treatment. 2023 treatments killed invasive mussels but harmed invertebrates and hatchery fish. Officials plan more copper use ...

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission held a special meeting via conference call on April 15th. At their April 15, 2025 meeting, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission rescinded their Snake River closure to ...