March 20, 2008--Conservation Board OKs $1 million for zebra mussel action (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Colorado Water Conservation Board unanimously approved a $1 million grant to allow the Colorado State Parks to respond to the threat of zebra mussels at Lake Pueblo through July.The long-term response is expected to be much more costly, and a more permanent source of funding is being studied by state officials. The primary goal of the first round of funding, which was pushed through the Water Supply Reserve Account process of the state Interbasin Compact Committee, is to keep mussels from spreading to other lakes after their discovery in Lake Pueblo in November.
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