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As Colorado finds more zebra mussels in the Colorado River, is removal out of the question?

Expanded sampling covered over 200 miles of river and 200 sites, confirming zebra mussels are established from Eagle River confluence to the Colorado-Utah border, officials said.

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When it comes to zebra mussels in the Colorado River system, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis summed it up this way: “We look, we find.”  While Colorado’s first detection of the highly invasive zebra mussel was in 2022, Parks and Wildlife, alongside federal and local partners, has ramped up testing for the species following a growing number of finds this summer on the Western Slope.  “Because it’s in a river system, we kind of are…

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Glenwood Springs Post Independent broke the news in on Friday, November 14, 2025.
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