2018_Mussel_Self-Inspection_Permit.pdf

Ā North Central Valley Consortium This Program is a cooperative effort Supported by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Quagga and Zebra Mussel Prevention Program This Permit Must Be Placed On Your Dashboard

You are asked to comply with the North Central Valley Consortium's Mussel Prevention Program before you launch your boat at Don Pedro Lake, Lake McClure, Lake McSwain, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, Turlock Lake, or Woodward Reservoir. For most boaters, this will be a simple process.

Here's what you need to do before you launch:

• Look at the questions on the next page of this Mussel Self-Inspection Permit and follow the flowchart.

• If you were not able to reach the “You are ready to launch…” box in the flowchart, do not launch. You MUST clean, drain, and dry your vessel. In addition, you may be asked to completely dry for at least 5 days in the summer, and at least 30 days in the spring, fall, and winter.

• If your boat is ready to launch, fill out the Mussel Self-Inspection Permit and display the permit on your dashboard while your vehicle is parked in the parking lot.

• This procedure is recommended for ALL waters in California.

Print Name: Vessel #:

Signature: Date:

Failure to display this permit on the dashboard of your vehicle while parked with an empty boat trailer may result in a citation. Paying the California DMV mussel fee and displaying a current mussel fee sticker does not exempt you from complying with this Prevention Program and Permit.

CA Fish & Game Code Sections 2301 & 2302

Mussel Self-Inspection Permit

For more information, visit: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Quagga-Mussels www.protectyourwaters.net

If you find any mussels, alert the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at 866-440-9530.

My boat has not been used in infested waters in the last 30 days and is clean, drained, and dry; or, my boat was last used in infested waters but was washed and was allowed to completely dry for at least 5 days in the summer or at least 30 days in the spring, fall, and winter.

I affirm that my boat does not threaten Don Pedro Lake, Lake McClure, Lake McSwain, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, Turlock Lake, or Woodward Reservoir with quagga or zebra mussels.

You may use this permit for up to one year after the date below but you must ensure your vessel is clean, drained, and dry before you launch each time at Don Pedro Lake, Lake McSwain, Lake

McClure, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, or Woodward Reservoir.

For more information, visit: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Quagga-Mussels www.protectyourwaters.net

If you find any mussels, alert the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at 866-440-9530.

Ā North Central Valley Consortium This Program is a cooperative effort Supported by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Quagga & Zebra Mussel Self-Inspeciton Permit Has your boat been used in Lakes Mead, Mohave, Havasu, or any other infested water within the last 30 days? Please refer to the provided list.

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Trailered boats are the primary way quagga/zebra mussels are introduced to unconnected water bodies.

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Is your boat and all equipment clean of all mud, dirt, plants, or animals; and drained of all water, including all bilge areas, fresh water cooling systems, lower outboard units, ballast tanks, live-wells, buckets, etc.; and completely dry?

Was your boat and trailer thoroughly washed and allowed to completely dry for at least 5 days in hot weather or 30 days in cool, damp weather since you last launched? (You must have removed all dirt and organic material from the boat. You must have drained and flushed all live wells and bilge areas.)

You are ready to launch. Complete the permit and display it on your dashboard at all times while your vehicle and boat trailer are at Don Pedro Lake, Lake McClure, Lake McSwain, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, Turlock Lake, or Woodward Reservoir.

Your boat poses a risk of spreading quagga or zebra mussels. You may not launch. You must clean, drain, and dry your boat. Your boat must remain completely dry for 5 days in the summer and 30 days in the spring, fall, and winter before it is allowed to launch.

Thank you for your cooperation! We're all in this boat together! For more information, visit:

The Don Pedro Recreation Agency (209) 852-2396 www.donpedrolake.com

Turlock Irrigation District (209) 883-8222 www.tid.org The Tri-Dam Project (209) 965-3996 or (209) 785-3838 www.tridamproject.com

Stanislaus County Parks and Recreation (209) 525-6750 www.stancounty.com/parks/pdf/zebra-quagga-mussel-prevention.pdf

Modesto Irrigation District (209) 526-7659 www.mid.org Merced Irrigation District - Parks & Recreation Dept. (209) 354-2960 www.lakemcclure.com

New Melones Lake Recreation Resources Branch (209) 536-9094 www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/newmelones/docs/Form-Mussel-Free-Certification.pdf

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Ā North Central Valley Consortium This Program is a cooperative effort Supported by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

An infestation could result in a complete LAKE CLOSURE!

Quagga and Zebra Mussel Prevention Program You are asked to comply with the North Central Valley Consortium's Mussel Prevention Program before you launch your boat at Don Pedro Lake, Lake McClure, Lake McSwain, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, Turlock Lake, or Woodward Reservoir. For most boaters, this will be a simple process.

Here is what you need to do before you can launch:

For more information, visit: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Quagga-Mussels www.protectyourwaters.net

If you find any mussels, alert the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at 866-440-9530.

In January 2007, quagga mussels were discovered in Lakes Mead, Mohave, and Havasu. This was the first time quagga or zebra mussels were discovered west of the Rocky Mountains. The first confirmed find of zebra mussels in California occurred at San Justo Reservoir on January 10, 2008. Quagga and zebra mussels have already invaded much of the Eastern U.S.

Fortunately, Don Pedro, Lake McClure, Lake McSwain, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, Turlock Lake, and Woodward Reservoir are free of quagga and zebra mussels. It depends on all of us to keep it this way.

Quagga and zebra mussels can spread between waterways by boats, but they cannot live out of the water for long periods of time. Simply washing boats and equipment and allowing them to fully dry is an effective way to reduce the risk of spreading these aquatic hitchhikers.

These mussels, and other harmful plants and animals, may be hiding under your trim tabs, in your engine, or even on your anchor chain. Quagga and zebra mussels are microscopic in their earliest life stages, making them impossible to detect upon visual inspection.

Quagga and zebra mussels have the potential to:

Disrupt the food chain and fishing Foul facilities like docks, ramps, and dams Encrust boats and clog engines Litter beaches with sharp, smelly shells Cause an increase to water bills Result in complete lake closure

• Look at the questions on the previous page of the Mussel Self-Inspection Permit and follow the flowchart.

• If you were not able reach the "You are ready to launch..." box in the flowchart, do not launch. You MUST clean, drain, and dry your vessel. Your vessel must remain completely dry for at least 5 days in the summer, and at least 30 days in the spring, fall, and winter.

• If your boat is ready to launch now, fill out the Mussel Self-Inspection Permit. Be sure to display the permit on your dashboard while your vehicle is parked in the parking lot.

• You can use the permit for up to one year after the date on the front page, but you must ensure your boat is clean, drained, and dry before you launch each time at Don Pedro Lake, Lake McClure, Lake McSwain, Modesto Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Tulloch Reservoir, Turlock Lake, or Woodward Reservoir. Don’t let quagga or zebra mussels hitchhike on your boat.

• The same procedure is recommended for ALL waters in California.

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Imperial Reservoir

Lake Pleasant Martinez Lake

Salt River Topock Marsh

Black and Gold Golf Course Pond Coachella Canal

Gene Wash

Imperial

Jumbo Lake Lake Granby Pueblo Reservoir Shadow Mountain Reservoir Tarryall Reservoir Willow Creek Reservoir

Kansas Cedar Bluff Reservoir Chase State Lake Cheney Reservoir Clinton Lake

Council Grove Lake

Council Grove City Lake

Pomona Lake Saline Lake Smoky Hill River Wellington City Lake Wilson Lake Winfield City Lake Winfield Country Club Pond Wyandotte County Lake

Montana Tiber Reservoir

North Dakota Red River

Nebraska

Crater Lake Lake Yankton Lewis and Clark Lake

Blue Stem Lake

Fort Gibson Lake Grand Lake O' the Cherokees Kaw Lake Keystone Lake Lake Hefner Lake McMurtry Lake Murray Lake Ponca Lake Texoma Lynn Lane Reservoir Oologah Lake Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Skiatook Lake Sooner Lake Verdigris River Waurika Lake

Belton Lake Canyon Lake Elm Fork Trinity River

Lake Austin rt i

Kraemer Basin Lake Cahuilla Lake Forest Lake Jennings

Ridgemark Golf Course San Gabriel

Santa Clara

Skinner Reservoir

Green Mountain

Lake Fork Reservoir Lake Georgetown Lake Randell Lake Texoma Lavon Lake Lewisville Lake Ray Hubbard Lake Ray Roberts Reservoir Red River Richland

Chambers Reservoir Trinity River Waco Reservoir

Utah Deer Creek Reservoir Electric Lake Red Fleet Reservoir Sand Hollow

Reservoir

Rest of US 1000+ Lakes

Mexico El Carrizo

Reservoir

Canada 300+ Lakes

For more information, visit: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Quagga-Mussels www.protectyourwaters.net

If you find any mussels, alert the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at 866-440-9530.