Part of the Colorado River is now an "infested" body of water. That's according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which says adult zebra mussels have been discovered in the river for the first time.

CPW

CPW says the term infestation is used when "multiple zebra mussel life stages have been found in that body of water." The infested part of the Colorado River starts at the 32 Road bridge near Grand Junction in western Colorado and stretches to the Utah-Colorado border.

Zebra mussels are an aquatic nuisance species that has been discovered in other parts of Colorado and whose presence can lead to an increase in water temperature and fish deaths. As they consumer aquatic nutrients they can damage ecosystems, and their presence could result recreational boating limits.

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