A destructive invasive species is threatening America’s West Coast — and it may not be what you think.
Pipe-clogging golden mussels have forced a state of emergency in California’s San Joaquin and Kern Counties, affecting water quality and key water infrastructure, including a $100 million floodgate.
“The threat is real,” Sam Blue, with the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, told Kern county supervisors at a meeting earlier this month, noting that the mussels move “with terrifying speed” and that a single female can produce over one million eggs each year…