“I have really mixed feelings,” Walters said after a morning on the officially infested lake. Wednesday morning, in a mix of driving sleet and swirling snowflakes, a team of wildlife biologists looked like they might be the ones frozen out as they hopped into flat-bottomed jet boats and took to the diminished lake on what would normally be opening day for recreational boaters. The 563-acre Highline Lake had already been lowered this winter to 25% of its normal capacity to make mussel spotting easier and to freeze out any that might be lurking in the rocks along the shoreline. From panic into actionĪ half year of zebra-mussel headaches later - and with around a dozen more of the zebra mussel’s relatives turning up on rocks and boat slips at Highline - that plan moved into high gear this week. “I felt shocked and, yes, a little bit sick,” he said.ĬPW briefly went into panic mode before countless meetings and planning sessions would birth a battle plan - all for a bean-sized bit of shell and tissue. State invasive species program manager Robert Walters, who had been fighting mussel invaders for a decade, had a similar reaction to Martinez on that end. The invader that had likely hitched a ride to Highline on a boat, was rushed by pickup truck to CPW offices in Denver where lab tests that afternoon confirmed it was what it looked like. It represented the first infestation in Colorado, a state that, in 2008, had passed the toughest “mussel free” legislation in the country to try to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
He also knew how many years of work and nail-biting worry were ahead because of this single mussel. He was well aware how much work had gone into preventing this mussel from invading Colorado for the previous 15 years. “At first, I was in denial: This can’t be happening here.” “It was sickening,” recounted Martinez, who, until that morning six months ago, had never seen a zebra mussel except in pictures. They are fond of attaching to rigid submerged objects. The pipe had been dangling there in the lake since the previous spring as part of CPW’s protocol for hunting for zebra mussels. It was clinging to a piece of PVC pipe submerged in the waters of the popular boating, swimming and camping lake that sits in the middle of Mesa County farm country not far from Colorado’s border with Utah. It was a shelled aquatic critter not much bigger than Martinez’s pinkie fingernail. Within 7 days after receiving your products, we offers a no-hassle 7 day exchange/replace only if your items are found to be defective by manufacturer.It'll take 5 years for a lake to be clear after zebra mussel was found Close We will cover the cost if sending replacement/repaired items. Return delivery costs are the responsibility of the buyer. Items must be returned in original condition with all original packaging.Īll shipping and handing charges are non-refundable To Return an item you must contact us and take photos of your item to clearly show any damage or unusual aspects of it.Īpproved returns will be subject to inspection on arrival. Our store obeys all Rules and Policies.Returns Policy please ensure to read and agree to All terms and Conditions before offerding.Īll pictures are for illustration purpose only and Colours may vary slightly. In case some duty is due Upon delivery, it is your responsibility to meet that expense and this may cause delays to delivery schedule and you may have to pickup goods at the customs office.Terms & Conditionsīy offerding on this item,the Buyer agrees to all of the terms and conditions as outlined in this listing. We accepts Payoneer only If you have any questions about the payment,please contact us through message.Import Duties If you have changed your address, or want us to ship to another address, please change to the new address when you pay us with Payoneer, otherwise we will not be responsible if the package is lost.
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