1. Clean mud, plants, animals or other debris from your boat and equipment.
2. Drain the ballast tanks, bilge, livewells and motor.
3. Dry (7 days summer, 18 days spring/fall and 30 days in the winter) or freeze (3 days).

If you can not pass the Clean, Drain and Dry requirements you must have your boat professionaly decontaminated! It's available and it's FREE.

Utah Division of Wildlife has provided decontamination technicians and eqipment at many waters around the state. ONE IS AVAILABLE AT BEAR LAKE STATE PARK - MARINA

Call 435-946-8457 to talk directly to the technician

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (Brief) http://wildlife.utah.gov/mussels/

The plan http://wildlife.utah.gov/mussels/plan.php ( large PDF)

Utah Self-certify form http://wildlife.utah.gov/mussels/PDF/self_certify.pdf

Use this link to download the Utah Self-certify form required before launching in Utah

http://wildlife.utah.gov/mussels/PDF/self_certify.pdf

Idaho Department of Agriculture Website http://www.agri.state.id.us/index.php

Idaho Aquatic Nuisance Species Plan

Idaho AIS - Tasks and Actions

Idaho sticker Required to be purchased before launching in Idaho. Can be purchased at Idaho State Parks or at the Bear Lake Regional Commission in Garden City.

There are no know infested waters in Idaho - Please help keep it that way!

Idaho sticker Required to be purchased before launching in Idaho. Can be purchased at Idaho State Parks or at the Bear Lake Regional Commission in Garden City.

Good brief on subject
-USGS Nonindigenous musssel fact sheet USGS

More in-depth information

- Zebra Mussel Information System (ZMIS) is an interactive system designed to allow easy access to a wide variety of information on zebra mussels. Information in the system includes identification of both adults and immatures, life history, impact, monitoring and detection, management strategies, contaminant issues as well as an extensive bibliography.

You-tube Zebra Mussels: In-Depth Prevention Tips from Missouri This is a good, detailed viedo about places to be cleaning and drying on your boat. NOTE: They say to use water at 104 degree water - the current science for the western states is to use 140 degrees - available onlyfrom a professional decontamination unit (see more below)

Zebra Mussels Explained Video from Kansas on what happed there.

ZMIS is an interactive system designed to allow easy access to a wide variety of information on zebra mussels. Information in the system includes identification of both adults and immatures, life history, impact, monitoring and detection, management strategies, contaminant issues as well as an extensive bibliography. The system is the product of over 3 years of programming and information gathering and was funded primarily by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Zebra Mussel Research Program as an aid to technology transfer activities.

http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/zebra/zmis/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fact and FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

IDAHO

House Bill 213 (pdf)

Senate Resolution 109 (pdf)

Invasive Species Rules (pdf)

UTAH

Rule R657-60. Aquatic Invasive Species Interdiction. (pdf)

Audio Discover Utah Wildlife 5-4-09 (m4a)

ANS Task Force! In simple terms, Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) are aquatic and terrestrial organisms, introduced into new habitats throughout the United States and other areas of the world, that produce harmful impacts on aquatic natural resources in these ecosystems and on the human use of these resource