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<H1 class=articleTitle>Ruth Lake restricted to local boats</H1><!--subtitle--><!--byline-->
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<P>Water and wildlife officials are temporarily restricting boats
that can use Ruth Lake to those from Humboldt and Trinity counties
in an effort to prevent infestation of the regional water supply
system by invasive mussels.
<P>The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, the Ruth Lake
Community Services District and the California Department of Fish
and Game are taking the measure to keep zebra and Quagga mussels
from becoming a scourge like they are in other parts of the state.
Boats registered in Humboldt and Trinity counties will be allowed to
use the lake, with the exception of those that have recently been in
infested waters.
<P>Ruth Lake is created by Matthews Dam on the Mad River, which is
where some 80,000 people in Humboldt County get their drinking water
through the water district.
<P>Nineteen reservoirs in California and others in the United States
are already rife with the freshwater mussels. The mussels spread by
water releases or by attaching themselves to boats or trailers --
larval mussels can live in bilges, live wells and engines. It can be
impossible to rid a waterway of them once they take hold.
<P>”At this time, there are no plans to close the lake,” water
district General Manager Carol Rische said in a news release, “but
work is under way with the Ruth Lake Community Services District to
develop a prevention plan.”
<P>That will include closing unstaffed boat launches, initiating
boater registration and </P>
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</DIV>developing an inspection process.
<P>The invasive mussels multiply quickly, with each adult capable of
releasing a million eggs in a season. The mussels can clog pipes and
infrastructure and coat piers. The mussels can consume so much
organic material in a lake that the water becomes overly clear, the
release said, stimulating weeds and algae that can cause taste and
odor problems in drinking water.
<P>”Quagga and zebra mussels pose a serious threat to all of
California's waters,” said Fish and Game director Don Koch. “DFG is
committed to providing local agencies like Humboldt County with the
information they need to protect local waters from these invasive
species.”
<P>Boaters are asked to:
<P>* inspect exposed surfaces of boats;
<P>* wash the hull of water craft thoroughly;
<P>* remove plants and animal material;
<P>* drain all water and dry all areas;
<P>* drain and dry lower outboard units;
<P>* clean and dry live wells;
<P>* empty and dry buckets;
<P>* dispose off all bait in the trash; and
<P>* wait five days and keep watercraft dry between launches into
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