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April 8, 2022 – Water Board looks to feds to stop westward advance of invasive mussels
March 9, 2022 – Water Board calls for stronger mussel protection as COVID travel restrictions ease
March 4, 2021 – Okanagan #1 destination for mussel-infested watercraft in B.C., Water Board urges stronger protection
News Coverage
November 6, 2022 – CAO updates and Okanagan remains mussel free, Times Chronicle
October 23, 2022 – OBWB talks mussels & drought at final 2022 meeting, Times Chronicle
October 6, 2022 – No invasive mussels added to Okanagan waters, VernonMatters.ca
September 2, 2022 – On the front lines of the invasive mussel war, Times Chronicle
August 21, 2022 – OBWB share important lessons with public, Times Chronicle
August 17, 2022 – Osoyoos Lake water society hosts public education event to keep lake free of invasive mussels, Castanet
Aug. 2, 2022 – Invasive mussel war continues with information as a weapon, Kelowna Daily Courier
July 14, 2022 – Campaign to keep invasive mussels out of local lakes continues, Castanet
July 11, 2022 – Water briefs: Mussel inspection program sidelines 5 B.C.-bound watercraft, Kelowna Capital News
July 9, 2022 – ‘Largest ever decontamination’ – B.C. crews track down mussel-infested barge from eastern Canada, Global Okanagan
July 8, 2022 – B.C.’s invasive mussel defence program intercepts 5 contaminated boats from Ontario, Global Okanagan
April 15, 2022 – Federal muscle needed to fight invasive mussels, Times Chronicle
April 9, 2022 – Okanagan Water Board looks to feds to stop invasive mussels advance, Castanet
April 9, 2022 – Okanagan water board asks for more federal funding to fight invasive mussels, Global News
April 5, 2022 – Province rejects mandatory watercraft invasive mussel inspections, Kelowna Capital News
March 31, 2022 – Okanagan Basin Water Board pushes province for action on invasive mussels, Kelowna Capital News
March 31, 2022 – BC’s environment minister says mandatory inspections of boats for invasive mussels not being pursued, Castanet
March 20, 2022 – OBWB wants province to up its Invasive Mussel Defence, Times Chronicle
March 18, 2022 – OBWB asks province to enforce its Invasive Mussel Defence Program, Peachland View
March 15, 2022 – Combating invasive mussels on lake, Penticton Herald
March 10, 2022 – Mussels you don’t want to see on the beach, AM1150
March 10, 2022 – When COVID 19 travel restrictions drop mussel concerns pick up on Okanagan Lake, Global News
March 10, 2022 – VIDEO: Provincial government urged to step up its defence against invasive mussels, KelownaNow.com
March 9, 2022 – Better invasive mussel protection needed in the Okanagan, Kamloops Now
March 9, 2022 – Water Board warns of unwalkable beaches if mussels aren’t stopped, Castanet.net
March 4, 2022 – Okanagan Basin Water Board presses province for stronger action on invasive mussels, Castanet.net
January 18, 2022 – Shuswap water advocates push Ottawa for more action against invasive mussels, Vernon Morning Star
December 7, 2021 – 17 boats with invasive mussels stopped from entering BC, Globalnews
December 5, 2021 – COVID 19 hasn’t kept invasive mussel infested boats out of Okanagan, iNFOnews
December 2, 2021 – Okanagan Basin Water Board reveals 17 boats contaminated with invasive mussels were stopped this year, Castanet.net
July 30, 2021 – Community members wanted to help monitor for invasive mussels, Penticton Herald
May 26, 2021 – Keep mussels out, check before you launch AM1150
May 14, 2021 – Invasive mussel inspection stations are now open Vernon Matters
May 2, 2021 – B.C. content with invasive mussels prevention measures Kelowna Capital News
April 4, 2021 – Invasive mussel contaminated moss balls seized Vernon Matters
March 12, 2021 – Conservation inspects more than 600 BC stores for invasive mussels Kelowna Capital News
March 8, 2021 – ‘It’s a big deal’ – B.C. conservation officers on alert after invasive mussels found in aquarium, InfoNews.ca
March 6, 2021 – Invasive mussels found in B.C. woman’s aquarium, Global Okanagan
March 5, 2021 – Okanagan is #1 destination for mussel-infested watercraft, AM1150
March 5, 2021 – OBWB wants new laws protecting Okanagan from invasive mussels, Castanet.net
March 4, 2021 – Okanagan Basin Water Board calls for stronger invasive mussel protection, Kelowna Capital News