Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens and Aquatic Invasive Species technicians spent a very busy Fourth- of-July Holiday and beyond working to prevent invasive species, like zebra and quagga mussels from entering the state, while an increasing number of boaters have been dodging the check stations.
During the weekend, Wyoming game wardens pulled over watercraft owners who did not stop at the mandatory AIS check and wrote citations. One watercraft owner who had last boated on mussel-invested Lake Powell, was sent back to the AIS check station so the watercraft could be decontaminated.
Wyoming AIS inspection stations are an important front line of defense in keeping Wyoming waters free from aquatic invasive species, but the best defense is vigilance by the boating public.
Wyoming state law requires that all watercraft, which includes kayaks and canoes, must stop at all open AIS check stations encountered. Fines for driving by an open check station are quite high.
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