As the weather warms up and people start to participate in outdoor recreation, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources shares
important guidelines for boaters, especially those traveling from one body of water to another.
Aquatic hitchhikers such as quagga mussels are highly invasive and destructive freshwater species that are spread when they attach themselves to boats or watercraft and are then transported to another body of water.
In order to prevent and slow the spread of these harmful mussels, boaters need to remember to clean, drain, and dry their boats between launches, even into the same body of water…