GRAINTE BAY – Lakes across Northern California are stepping up inspections in an urgent effort to keep invasive golden mussels from contaminating local lakes and reservoirs.
The mussels were first discovered in the San Joaquin Delta last October, and now there’s growing concern that they could spread to Folsom Lake and Lake Tahoe.
At The Boat House in Auburn, owner Eddie Medeiros is among those leading the charge in prevention. He’s hard at work sanitizing watercraft using water heated to 120 degrees, the temperature required to kill any trace of the golden mussel. Medeiros said he handles at least 14 appointments a day…