Exotic trouble: Zebra mussel invades Texas


Zebra mussels have been found live in Lake Texoma, on the Texas-Oklahoma border, a lake made by damming the Red River.  Video from WFAA, Channel 8 in Dallas.  Press release from Texas Parks and Wildlife.

All of a sudden Texans have a powerful reason to worry about evolution (the mussels are evolving to live in warmer waters?), climate change, ecosystem destruction by exotic species, and water pollution.

Zebra mussels are a bigger problem than any other undocumented immigrant.

Happy Earth Day! 

Help out:

If you find a suspected zebra mussel, here are the numbers to call:

  • In Texas-(800) 792-4263
  • In Oklahoma-(405) 521-3721

Resources:

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 5:15 am and is filed under Biology, Clean Water Act, Environmental protection, Evolution, Natural history, Natural resources, Science, Texas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to Exotic trouble: Zebra mussel invades Texas

  1. blueollie says:
    April 22, 2009 at 8:55 am

    Oh yes, these things have infested the Illinois River for some time and have finally worked their way down.

    Good luck; we’ve been trying to get rid of them for years, sans success.

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