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3/13/2008 3:37:19 PM
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WSRA Grant and Loan Information
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Arkansas
Applicant
Colorado State Parks
Description
Colorado State Parks Zebra Mussel Response
Account Source
Statewide
Board Meeting Date
3/19/2008
Contract/PO #
150416
WSRA - Doc Type
Grant Application
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<br /> <br />agricultural irrigation lines, pumps, and other equipment <br />exposed to water by attaching themselves and multiplying out <br />of control. <br />Additionally, they are considered impossible to eradicate <br />after they become established in a reservoir, lake or other body <br />of water. In the East, it is common for water managers to have <br />to drain pipes and use jackhammers to remove quagga or zebra <br />mussels. <br /> <br />A fish breeding net from the Willow Beach fish <br />hatchery is rendered useless after colonization <br />by quagga mussels. LCR photo by Steve Leon <br /> <br />Near Cottonwood Cove, one of the four quagga <br />mussel monitoring sites downstream of Hoover <br />Dam and Willow Beach, Jim Stolberg prepares <br />to drop a water quality probe to determine <br />current water quality parameters (temperature, <br />conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and <br />turbidity). The unit is lowered to the lake bottom <br />at each site and measurements are taken at <br />specified intervals. Depths depend on the <br />monitoring site, and range from 10-45 meters or <br />about 30-130 feet (all measurements are <br />recorded in metric units). LCR photo by Steve <br />Leon <br /> <br />Regional Response <br />To address the quagga mussel issue several steps were <br />taken in the Region. Among them was the creation of a Lower <br />Colorado Quagga Mussel Task Force chaired by Bill <br />Bruninga and whose members include Tim Dewey, Bob <br />Walsh, Tom Burke, and Hickman. <br />Additionally, a Lower Colorado Dam Office (LCDO) <br />action plan was developed, and following the guides outlined <br />
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