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"Tiny Eurasian Mussel Now Threatening Mighty Hoover Dam" [1]

"The Bureau of Reclamation wants to use an experimental biological pesticide to control invasive mussels that are interfering with dam and hydropower operations that supply electricity and drinking water to millions of people across the Southwest."

Scott Streater reports for Greenwire December 10, 2009. [2]

Biodiversity [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: Greenwire [2], 12/11/2009
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tiny-eurasian-mussel-now-threatening-mighty-hoover-dam [2] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/12/10/10greenwire-tiny-eurasian-mussel-now-threatening-mighty-ho-18381.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81