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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jul 14, 2020 13:22:36 GMT
www.thenewstribune.com/outdoors/article243010841.htmlAs the weather heats up and boaters prepare to cast off, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife professionals are on the lookout for invasive species of mussels that could overtake the state’s waterways. This year, the department has enlisted the help of a new expert - and her name is Puddles, according to a news release from WDFW. Puddles is Washington’s first mussel-detection dog, who got to work on sniffing out invasive species like quagga and zebra mussels, the release said. While working at the Washington-Idaho border outside Spokane, Puddles found mussels on a boat from Arizona, according to WDFW. The boat had passed through three boat check stations in Montana and Idaho, where it had previously been decontaminated, the release said.
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