Wednesday September 25, 2024
KKCO —
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has seen a decrease in zebra mussel veligers found in the Colorado River.
While there’s been a decrease in the mussel larvae it doesn’t mean they have been eradicated entirely.
“We have continued to sample and have not seen them. But that does not mean that they are not present there in the system. They are just extremely difficult to detect,” Robert Walters, Invasive Species Program Manager said.
A microscopic organism that’s hard to detect-that’s the trouble with the zebra mussel veligers. In July of this year zebra mussel larvae were found in the Colorado River at two different locations Highline Canal.
Walters also said the decrease in the positive samples could be due to colder water temperatures.