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County presents Clear Lake mussel preparedness and containment plan; urges local rainy‑day fund and permanent decontamination stations
Summary
Lake County staff presented an integrated preparedness and containment plan for quagga and zebra mussels, highlighted prevention success through ramp monitors, warned that state prevention funding would stop after detection, and recommended a local emergency fund plus permanent decon stations and ordinance updates.
Angela DePalma Dow, Lake County’s Water Resources Invasive Program coordinator, presented the Clear Lake Integrated Preparedness and Resilience Plan at the council meeting on March 7. The plan, funded in part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, assembles prevention, response and containment steps the county and partners would use if quagga or zebra mussels were detected in Clear Lake.
DePalma Dow described the prevention program’s ramp monitors — about 14 part‑time staff who inspect incoming boats and equipment —…
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