Lake Powell is currently the only waterbody in Utah with quagga mussels, and DWR and state parks had to decontaminate 8,683 boats in 2019. This quagga mussel photo, taken underwater at Lake Powell in 2015, shows why the inspection stations and checkpoints are important: when mussels establish themselves in a body of water, they spread fast.

To halt the spread of quagga mussels from Lake Powell, thousands of boats decontaminated

Lake Powell is currently the only waterbody in Utah with quagga mussels, and DWR and state parks had to decontaminate 8,683 boats in 2019.

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