DENVER (KDVR) - If you were a vessel inland, far from the roaring waves of the grand ocean, being in a place like Colorado with all those lakes and reservoirs would indeed be a fine thing.

But there is one passenger you would not want to come aboard. The zebra mussel.

“They are an extremely prolific reproducer. A single zebra mussel can produce up to thirty thousand juveniles in a single spawn. Once they become attached they are extremely difficult to remove. They filter out plankton from the water which is the basis of our aquatic food chain,” said Robert Walters, Colorado Parks and Wildlife invasive species program manager.

The zebra mussel and its buddy, the quagga mussel, are not wanted in Colorado. That is why the CPW has set up 77 boat cleaning stations throughout the state.

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