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Conservationists want to save two small snails to help protect rivers in the West.
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One estimate says a quagga mussel infestation would cost the Pacific Northwest $500 million a year to deal with.
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The Interior Department is spending another $70 million to reopen habitat for native fish in many parts of the U.S., including the Mountain West.
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The rapid timeline from when the Idaho State Department of Agriculture found invasive quagga mussel larvae in the Snake River in September to when it deployed a chemical treatment two weeks later, was unparalleled in the world of invasive mussel control.
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The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is releasing a copper-based chemical into the Snake River to target invasive quagga mussels and larvae.
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The copper-based chemical Natrix can kill quagga mussels at all life stages. It will be introduced to the Snake River near Twin Falls.
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The Confirmation of Quagga Mussel larvae in the Snake River last week is a discovery that's long been dreaded for the Pacific Northwest.
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The Idaho State Department of Agriculture found quagga mussel larvae in the Snake River in Twin Falls.
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Several conservation and fishing groups say the Snake River dams are making the river too hot for sockeye salmon. Now, they’re planning to sue the federal government to remove the dams. But dam advocates say the move will make climate change – and hot waters – worse.
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Water managers found June precipitation was strong enough to get by, plus the state changed the methodology for determining who needs to be curtailed and when.