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Idaho agriculture officials outline expanded quagga mussel detections and large-scale 2024 treatment on Mid‑Snake River
Summary
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture briefed the Senate Agriculture Committee on 2024 quagga mussel detections in the Mid‑Snake River, the state'led 2024 treatment (about 63,000 gallons of chelated copper applied over 200 hours at 1 ppm), expanded sampling and lab confirmation, and plans to resume sampling in May'June.
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) told the Senate Agriculture Committee that the agency found limited quagga mussel veligers in the Mid‑Snake River and deployed a larger, more deliberate treatment in 2024 than in 2023.
"We are going to marry the best available science and the best data we can with common sense," Director Chanel Tewaal, Idaho State Department of Agriculture, told the committee as she described the agency's response under the state's Invasive Species Act of 2008. Tewaal said Idaho has doubled statewide sampling and increased watercraft inspections by about 50% since the agency briefed lawmakers last year.
Nick Zervflo, bureau chief for ISDA's invasive species…
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