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State expands Mid‑Snake quarantine for quagga mussel treatment; agency declines to list two plant species but reclassifies Turkish thistle
Summary
The Idaho Department of Agriculture presented a temporary quarantine definition for the Mid‑Snake quagga mussel treatment and a separate noxious‑weed listing package; the committee approved the quarantine temporary rule and adopted weed list changes that reclassified Turkish thistle but did not add Palmer amaranth or myrtle spurge.
Deputy Director Lloyd Knight and Plant Industries Administrator Andrea Thompson presented separate but related rule dockets addressing aquatic invasive species response and noxious‑weed listings.
Knight described a temporary rule that defines the quarantine area for the quagga mussel treatment on the Mid‑Snake River in the Magic Valley and reported operational details: active quarantine and treatment work since the 2023 detection, inspection and wash stations already operating at Centennial Park, planned stations at Shoshone Falls Park and a planned access site in coordination with Idaho Power, and collaborative operations with…
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