Following detection, Idaho approves budget authority to fight quagga mussels in Snake River
In 2024 and 2023, contractors and officials with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture treated the Snake River with a copper-based chemical called Natrix to kill quagga mussels. (Photo courtesy of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture)
The Idaho State Board of Examiners voted unanimously Tuesday to give the Idaho State Department of Agriculture the authority to pay unexpected and unbudgeted expenses to fight quagga mussels after the invasive mussels were again detected in the Snake River near Twin Falls.
The board voted to approve deficiency warrant spending authority to fight the quagga mussels during a meeting at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.
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