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Public pushes DNR to pilot mobile boat decontamination and to expand lead‑poisoning outreach
Summary
At open forum, attorney Jim Olson offered citizen funding to buy a mobile HydroBlaster decontamination unit and asked the DNR to partner on a 2025 pilot; Dana Herman of the Sierra Club urged broader education and adoption of lead‑free alternatives to reduce wildlife lead poisoning.
Two public commenters addressed invasive species decontamination and lead exposure in wildlife during the Natural Resources Board’s open forum on Dec. 11.
Jim Olson, a practicing lawyer representing petitioners on a Home Lake rule petition, said current ballast‑drain rules (NR 19.055) are effectively unenforceable and pointed to recent quagga mussel detections as evidence of elevated risk. Olson said a mobile thermal unit (a "HydroBlaster")…
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