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ID HJM004
JM
Status
3/6/2017
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Quagga and zebra mussels (dreissenid mussels) have spread from the Great Lakes to 32 states since their 1980s introduction via shipping industry watercraft, with larvae discovered in Montana in November 2016.
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A single mussel produces approximately 5 million eggs during its five-year lifetime, with 100,000 reaching adulthood and producing a total of 500 million adult offspring.
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Mussel introduction into Idaho would cost approximately $94 million per year in damages to hydroelectric facilities, recreation areas, fish hatcheries, golf courses, drinking water facilities, and irrigation systems.
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Idaho Legislature encourages western states and the federal government to establish cooperative efforts including watercraft inspections, decontamination policies, invasive species law enforcement, and rapid response protocols to prevent further mussel spread.
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House Chief Clerk directed to forward memorial to U.S. Congress leadership, Idaho's congressional delegation, and state legislatures in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and California.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and encouraging western states and the federal government to establish cooperative and coordinated efforts with the State of Idaho to prevent, to whatever extent possible, through efforts including inspections, decontamination policies, enforcement of invasive species laws and rapid response protocols, further spread of the mussels, and containment where established, until such time as viable tools for eradication are discovered.
INVASIVE SPECIES
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 9:51 a.m. on March 21, 2017
3/22/2017