FOLSOM, Calif. — Folsom Lake reopens to motorboats Wednesday following a month-long quarantine aimed at preventing the spread of invasive golden mussels — but not without controversy.
The California State Parks quarantine program requires boaters to wait 30 days after receiving a quarantine inspection tag before launching at the lake. The tags are meant to certify that vessels haven’t carried the destructive mussels into local waters.
But recent Facebook Marketplace listings offering inspection tags and wires for sale — some priced at $80 to $100 — have raised questions about potential fraud and oversight…