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Courtesy photo This shoe was placed into Lake Mead on Oct. 2, 2007. It was removed less than two months later and virtually covered with Quagga mussels.

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2021 season marks the most invasive mussels ever intercepted

Inspectors intercepted 28 boats with invasive Dreissenid mussels, marking a grim milestone; the most ever found in a single season. Travelling boats and trailers are the most common way aquatic invasive species are spread.

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