Via the astute Aquafornia blog, we learn there may be some hope in the battle against Zebra/Quagga mussels (recently found in Western and California lakes):

In 2007, MOI was selected by the New York State Museum (NYSM) as the commercial partner for a microbial biopesticide that combats the invasive creatures [ed: Zebra and Quagga mussels].

The technology was originally discovered and patented by Dr. Daniel Molloy, Director of the NYSM's Field Research Laboratory. The NYSM will receive a portion of the grant to support its research efforts in this industry-government partnership. An additional subaward will go to another small business, Particle and Coating Technologies, Inc., to assist in product formulation.

The inventors are calling it a "green" and "environmentally friendly" treatment, so let's hope they're right. Be nice to find a way to control these things before they take over the planet.

And guys, while you're at it, whip up something for the New Zealand Mud Snails too -- before they make their way up from Lake Shasta into the Upper Sacramento River.

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