SWC Encourages Action on Invasive Mussels

The Shuswap Watershed Council has called on federal and provincial authorities to take the steps necessary to protect BC from the introduction of invasive mussels. Here is some of the correspondence from SWC that addresses the issues and encourages preventative action.

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Letter of November 26, 2021

Joint letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council, Shuswap Waterfront Owners Association, and Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society to federal Fisheries Minister, Hon. Joyce Murray, outlining concerns for the Shuswap and British Columbia, calling for more federal funding and resources to protect BC from aquatic invasive mussels, and for better containment of aquatic invasive species in infested waterbodies.

Letter of April 16, 2021

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to the Provincial Minister of Environment, Hon. George Heyman, calling for additional measures to protect British Columbia from invasive mussels and invasive freshwater clams.

Letter of December 17, 2019

Joint letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council and the Okanagan Basin Water Board to federal Fisheries Minister, Hon. Bernadette Jordan, calling for more federal funding and resources to protect BC from aquatic invasive mussels, and better containment of aquatic invasive species in infested waterbodies.

Letter of March 26, 2019

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to Hon. Ken MacDonald, Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, requesting the SWC appear as a witness in a national study on the federal Aquatic Invasive Species Program.

Letter of December 13, 2018

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to MP Ken MacDonald, expressing support for a review of the federal Aquatic Invasive Species Program, and expressing concern about the threat of invasive Zebra and Quagga Mussels to BC and the Shuswap region.

Letter of September 25, 2018

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to federal Fisheries Minister, Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, calling for additional federal funding and resources to protect BC from aquatic invasive mussels, and better containment of aquatic invasive species in infested waterbodies.

Letter of August 30, 2018

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to MP Mel Arnold, expressing concern about the threat of aquatic invasive mussels to the Shuswap and calling for more federal funding and resources to protect BC.

Letter of February 2, 2018

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to Hon. Premier John Horgan and provincial Minister of Environment, Hon. George Heyman, requesting the Province to expand the Invasive Mussel Defence Program.

Letter of January 5, 2017

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to Hon. Premier Christy Clark and provincial Minister of Environment, Hon. Mary Polak, requesting the establishment of permanent watercraft inspection stations at all highway entry-points to BC.

Letter of April 21, 2016

Letter from the Shuswap Watershed Council to Hon. Premier Christy Clark and provincial Minister of Environment, Hon. Mary Polak, expressing support for enhancements to the provincial Invasive Mussel Defence Program.