#14 (July 28, 1992)

Editor's Note
New Sightings in Wisconsin
New Sightings Elsewhere in Upper Midwest
Wisconsin Requires Permit to Import Zebra Mussels
Use of Polarized Microscope Gets 'Glowing' Report
Wisconsin Water Utilities Extend Chlorination
Study Indicts Bait Buckets, Live Wells
Fast Flow May Reduce Upstream Colonies
Hydros Also Get Mussel Headaches
Zebra Mussels Found in 80% of Water Facilities
Future International Zebra Mussel Conferences
Ecological Impacts Described
Zebra Mussel Watch Cards Near Million Mark
August Heralds Statewide Public Information Campaign
Wisconsin Sea Grant Zebra Mussel Watch Contacts
Aquarists Help Spread Exotics
College Offers Zebra Mussel Control Course

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.