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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 36613" data-attributes="member: 337">UPDATE: One of my favorite lakes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [h=1]Zebra mussels confirmed in Big Cormorant Lake[/h]&nbsp;&nbsp; By <a href="http://www.inforum.com/users/forum-staff-reports" target="_blank">Forum staff reports</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; on Jul 27, 2015&nbsp; &nbsp; at 1:06 p.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Email&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.inforum.com/register" target="_blank">Sign up for Breaking News Alerts</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DETROIT LAKES—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has&nbsp; confirmed zebra mussels have infested Big Cormorant Lake in Becker&nbsp; County.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Today's&nbsp; confirmation followed a three-day search by DNR staff and staff of the&nbsp; Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District. The Zebra mussels&nbsp; were adults about three-quarters of an inch in size.&quot;Although low&nbsp; in numbers, zebra mussels are present and distributed around Big&nbsp; Cormorant Lake, not localized in one area,&quot; said Mark Ranweiler, a DNR&nbsp; assistant invasive species specialist.&quot;Because zebra mussel discoveries were made in various locations in the lake, treatment does not appear to be an option.&quot;The&nbsp; search came after a report July 15 from a property owner who saw&nbsp; suspected zebra mussels. DNR searchers found the shells of about 60 dead&nbsp; zebra mussels on a pontoon lift.Investigators determined the&nbsp; lift had been removed from Crystal Lake in Otter Tail County last fall,&nbsp; and have been out of the water for at least eight months before being&nbsp; placed in Big Cormorant Lake.The lift was determined not to be&nbsp; the source of the mussels, the DNR said in a statement, but the source&nbsp; of the invasive species could not be determined.Still, the&nbsp; presence of dead zebra mussels on the pontoon lift is an important&nbsp; reminder to lakeshore property owners. Anyone who buys water-related&nbsp; equipment must carefully inspect it for all aquatic invasive species&nbsp; before putting it in any body of water.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 36613, member: 337"] UPDATE: One of my favorite lakes. :eek: [h=1]Zebra mussels confirmed in Big Cormorant Lake[/h] By [URL="http://www.inforum.com/users/forum-staff-reports"]Forum staff reports[/URL] on Jul 27, 2015 at 1:06 p.m. [EMAIL="?subject=Zebra%20mussels%20confirmed%20in%20Big%20Cormorant%20Lake&body=Check%20out%20this%20article%20http://www.inforum.com/news/3805398-zebra-mussels-confirmed-big-cormorant-lake"]Email[/EMAIL] [URL="http://www.inforum.com/register"]Sign up for Breaking News Alerts[/URL] DETROIT LAKES—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed zebra mussels have infested Big Cormorant Lake in Becker County. Today's confirmation followed a three-day search by DNR staff and staff of the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District. The Zebra mussels were adults about three-quarters of an inch in size. "Although low in numbers, zebra mussels are present and distributed around Big Cormorant Lake, not localized in one area," said Mark Ranweiler, a DNR assistant invasive species specialist. "Because zebra mussel discoveries were made in various locations in the lake, treatment does not appear to be an option." The search came after a report July 15 from a property owner who saw suspected zebra mussels. DNR searchers found the shells of about 60 dead zebra mussels on a pontoon lift. Investigators determined the lift had been removed from Crystal Lake in Otter Tail County last fall, and have been out of the water for at least eight months before being placed in Big Cormorant Lake. The lift was determined not to be the source of the mussels, the DNR said in a statement, but the source of the invasive species could not be determined. Still, the presence of dead zebra mussels on the pontoon lift is an important reminder to lakeshore property owners. Anyone who buys water-related equipment must carefully inspect it for all aquatic invasive species before putting it in any body of water. [/QUOTE]

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