News & Events

Information about future news and events surrounding invasive mussels can be found below. To see past news and events, including recordings of previous webinars, click through to Previous Events.

Latest Past Events

Webinar: Unique pathways of invasive mussel spread

Online Webinar

 Presentations include: More than we bargained for: Zebra mussels transported amongst European native freshwater snails by James Dickey with Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany The international pet trade is a major driver of non-native species spread, including species both sold in the trade, and organisms incidentally transported alongside. Here, we […]

Webinar: How invasive mussels impact and are affected by North American ecosystems

Online Webinar

Presentations include Mussel squeeze: dissolved oxygen and temperature can “squeeze” zebra mussels out of invaded reservoirs by Rich Miller and Crysta Gantz with Portland State University, Portland, OR Survivorship and distribution of zebra mussels within a waterbody are thought to be influenced by temperature and dissolved oxygen conditions, but detailed information to confirm the importance of […]

Webinar: Lessons learned and alternative management

Online Webinar

A partial recording of the webinar is available now Presenters Angelique Dahlberg Ph.D. candidate with University of Minnesota, and Matt Barbour Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey present on lessons learned from control projects and alternative low-dose copper treatment. Angelique Dahlberg University of Minnesota Title: Lessons learned from open-water dreissenid mussel control projects in North […]