New Publications

From June 28, 1990 (update #2)

* The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has produced a Boaters' Advisory that describes four actions boaters should take to help prevent the spread of zebra mussels from the Great Lakes to inland waters. For a free copy of the brochure, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Mari Babler, Wisconsin DNR, WR/2 101 S. Webster St., P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.

* Minnesota Sea Grant is offering a free Zebra Mussel Update fact sheet for recreational boaters. The one-page sheet features 13 common questions and answers about the zebra mussel and what boaters can do about it. For copies, phone Minnesota Sea Grant Communications in St. Paul, (612) 625- 9288, or Minnesota Sea Grant Extension in Duluth, (218) 726-8106.

* Ohio Sea Grant is offering an updated version of its free four-page zebra mussel fact sheet called Zebra Mussels in the Great Lakes: The Invasion and Its Implications. Copies are available from most Great Lakes Sea Grant programs, or contact the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, 1314 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH 43212-1194, phone (614) 292-8949.

* The Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha: A Photographic Guide to the Identification of Microscopic Veligers is now available from Gordon Hopkins, Limnology Section, Water Resources Branch, Ontario Ministry of Environment, phone (416) 235-5811.

ID: 19900628-4.

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.