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Article: Zebra mussels seen in Big Cedar Lake
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2000
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Zebra mussels seen in Big Cedar Lake
Investigators are checking whether pest has invaded Milwaukee
River watershed
By DON BEHM
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
Town of West Bend -- State and local officials are investigating
whether zebra mussels have entered Big Cedar Lake and the Milwaukee
River watershed after a swimmer's chance finding of several of the
destructive mollusks.
Big Cedar Lake would be the first water body in the Milwaukee
River's drainage basin and the first in Washington County with a
zebra mussel infestation if the mussels' presence is confirmed.
An underwater search for the fingernail-sized alien mussel is
scheduled to begin Thursday morning, when ...