An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife technician pressure washes a boat found to be contaminated with quagga mussels at a boat inspection station in Ontario, Oregon.
Oregon inspectors flagged a boat near the Idaho border for carrying invasive quagga mussels on board. Inspectors are gearing up for the boating season to keep them busy guarding against these shellfish, which have invaded much of the continental United States.
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