EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021

(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)

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5/27/2021  |   2:00 PM - 3:30 PM   |  Keeping Invasive Q/Z Mussels out of the Nation’s Favorite Bass Fishing Lake, Clear Lake, CA, USA   |  Virtual Platform

Keeping Invasive Q/Z Mussels out of the Nation’s Favorite Bass Fishing Lake, Clear Lake, CA, USA

Clear Lake (Lake County, CA) is the largest natural freshwater lake located entirely within California and is extremely susceptible to an invasive Quagga & Zebra (Q/Z) mussel invasion. Clear Lake is open and accessible year-around at any of its 400+ public and private ramps and the water temperature, calcium, pH, and salinity are well within the preferred ranges of Q/Z mussels. The shallow, calm, and productive waters along the littoral zone attracts water users and fishermen from all over the country. In 2020, Clear Lake was voted the #1 USA Bass fishing lake and now holds the state record for both the largest White and Black Crappie. The current Q/Z prevention program is supported by federal, state, city and tribal partners and has widespread buy-in from local businesses and the public. Based on substrate and tow monitoring data, we have so far been successful in preventing QZ introductions. This talk will present how this program is executed and sustained, how it has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how managers plan to enhance the program using digital technology and improved education and outreach so that Clear Lake maintains mussel-free.

  • Conservation
  • Habitat
  • Adaptive management

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Angela De Palma-Dow (), Lake County Water Resources Department, Adepalmadow@gmail.com;


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