This webinar highlights available methods and associated challenges, opportunities to address gaps in knowledge, and case studies in developing and implementing decontamination protocols and procedures for management agencies.
This webinar examines a variety of voluntary and mandatory programs in order to present resource managers with a suite of options for watercraft inspection and decontamination.
This webinar continues an examination of watercraft inspection and decontamination programs, focusing on voluntary programs within the Great Lakes region.
This webinar will examine methods, decision-making structures, and lessons learned from ecent response and management activities for zebra and quagga mussels.
This webinar discusses recent research examining water properties and treatment efficacy for dreissenid mussels, and examines water temperature, high water conductivity, and the efficacy of carbon dioxide as a treatment method.
This webinar explores the decision-making process leading to manual removal, operational/logistical considerations and constraints, and lessons learned from a past removal effort and an ongoing removal effort.
The Invasive Mussel Collaborative announced today that it has released a new strategy to reduce invasive mussels and their negative impacts. The Strategy to Advance Management of Invasive Zebra and Quagga Mussels is intended to drive investments, policy, and research around invasive mussels across the Great Lakes region and beyond. The spread of zebra and quagga […]
The theme of the meeting is "Communicating Science to Fan the Flames of Conservation." This annual event will attract nearly 800 biologists, students, and scientists from local, state and provincial, federal, and tribal natural resources agencies, universities, and private companies across the 12 Midwestern states and provinces. Highlights include: nearly 400 technical presentations, poster displays, plenary […]
Recorded: March 8, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time This webinar is part of a miniseries on the genomics of invasive mussels hosted by the Invasive Mussel Collaborative. Part one of the miniseries covers the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's prize competition "Eradication of Invasive Mussels in Open Water." The first prize awarded in this […]
Recorded: May 2, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time This webinar is part of a miniseries on the genomics of invasive mussels hosted by the Invasive Mussel Collaborative. Part two of the miniseries covers efforts by the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to sequence the genome of zebra and quagga […]