[FONT="]TheNorth Dakota Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of invasivezebra mussels in Twin Lakes, LaMoure County, after a local cabin owner reportedadult mussels attached to a floating log over the weekend.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Aquatic nuisancespecies coordinator Ben Holen said subsequent follow-up sampling found a fewother zebra mussels attached to woody debris. In addition, Game and FishDepartment ANS staff processed plankton tow net samples collected from TwinLakes June 22, and zebra mussel veligers were detected in those samplesindicating a breeding population of mussels within the lake. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The 1,735-acre lakeis a popular fishing destination located a few miles north of LaMoure. TwinLakes is located approximately six miles from Lake LaMoure, which had aconfirmed finding of zebra mussels in 2020.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Aquatic nuisancespecies coordinator Ben Holen said subsequent follow-up sampling found a fewother zebra mussels attached to woody debris. In addition, Game and FishDepartment ANS staff processed plankton tow net samples collected from TwinLakes June 22, and zebra mussel veligers were detected in those samplesindicating a breeding population of mussels within the lake. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The 1,735-acre lakeis a popular fishing destination located a few miles north of LaMoure. TwinLakes is located approximately six miles from Lake LaMoure, which had aconfirmed finding of zebra mussels in 2020.[/FONT]