BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Drag boat racers are set to hit the water at Lake Ming in Bakersfield for the National Jet Boat Association’s May Madness sprint drag boat racing event as Kern County officials work to respond to an invasive mussel threat in local waterways.
Thomas Brown, chief intergovernmental and legislative affairs officer, said the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed golden mussels are now present “inside key pieces of our local water infrastructure.”
On Tuesday, the Kern County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency and asked Gov. Gavin Newsom for help to combat the infestation…