New Videos

From April 30, 1991 (update #7)

* Zebra Mussels vs. Power Production, a 17-minute videotape showing the various locations in a power plant where zebra mussels are likely to be found, is available from Ontario Hydro. Though designed for plant personnel, this video serves as a good overview of the potential problems caused by these invaders. In the video, Senior Environmental Scientist Renata Claudi states that the utility has spent $10 million retrofitting their facilities on the Great Lakes and connecting waters with chlorine injection systems designed to combat zebra mussel infestations. The videotape is available for $25 (Canadian) from Kathy Warr, Ontario Hydro, 700 University Ave. HLCB26, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X6, phone (416) 592-3365.

* Too Much Mussel, a five-minute video overview of the zebra mussel's impact on Lake Erie and Ohio, is available for $15 (VHS format) from Ohio Sea Grant Communications, 1314 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH 43212-1194, phone (614) 292-4364.

* Protecting Your Boat from Zebra Mussels, a 13-minute VHS video designed to advise boaters about zebra mussels and how to control them, is available for $10 from New York Sea Grant, Swetman Hall, State University of New York College, Oswego, NY 13126-3599, phone (315) 341-2954.

ID: 19910430-15.

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.