Colorado Parks and Wildlife shares results of 2025 boat inspections

Colorado Parks and Wildlife shares results of 2025 boat inspections

While invasive zebra mussels were first detected in Colorado in 2022, increased sampling and inspections led to additional discoveries across the Western Slope in 2025, with the species found throughout the Colorado River system.  In October, multiple discoveries along the Colorado River officially marked the waterway as infested by the invasive species. Four other bodies of water now carry this designation on the Western Slope.  “While the find…