Other Sightings

From December 17, 1993 (update #19)

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fisheries Research Center recently published a summary of zebra mussel sightings throughout the United States.

* Lower Mississippi River-Small numbers of zebra mussels have been found in Greenville and Vicksburg, Miss., and Lettsworth, St. Francisville, New Orleans and Berwick, La.

* Arkansas River-Mussels have been found upriver as far as Lock and Dam 15 near Cowlington, Okla., and Lock and Dam 16 near Gore, Okla.

* Ohio River Basin-Zebra mussels have been found as far upriver as Pike Island Lock and Dam, just above Wheeling, W. Va. Mussels were also found at three locks and dams on the Kanawha River.

* Lake Champlain-A mussel population has been reported at the southern end of the lake near Benson, Vt.

* Tennessee and Cumberland rivers-During this past summer mussels were discovered above Chattanooga in the Tennessee River. They have also been found in the river at Chickamauga, Watts Bar and Lenoir City, Tenn. In the Cumberland River, zebra mussels have been reported as far upriver as Nashville.

For further information, or to report additional sightings, please phone Charles Boydstun or Amy Benson at (904) 378-8181.

ID: 19931217-4.

The Zebra Mussel Update was a 4- to 8-page quarterly national newsletter published by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute from May 1990 through May 1997. The ZMU documented the spread of the zebra mussel -- an exotic nuisance mussel -- through North America's freshwater environments, especially the Great Lakes, and on efforts to control it.