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Suspected in Lake Worth and Joe Pool Lake
ZEBRA MUSSELS, A DESTRUCTIVE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ORIGINATED IN EURASIA,
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Executive Director Carter Smith signed an order adopting an emergency rule to add lakes Belton and Stillhouse Hollow as well as portions of the Leon and Lampasas rivers to the list of water bodies covered by special regulations intended to control the spread of zebra mussels. Under these special regulations, boaters who drain their boats and gear will not be considered in violation of rules prohibiting possession of zebra mussels.
"The Lake Belton discovery underscores how critical it is for boaters all across Texas to get informed and involved to help stop the spread of zebra mussels," said Brian Van Zee, TPWD inland fisheries regional director based in Waco. "Unfortunately, zebra mussel larvae, called veligers, are not visible to the naked eye....