News flash: It’s really not. Eating mussels is quite simple (similar to learning how to eat crawfish, oysters and lobster), and the end result (while messy) is full of flavor. “Some of the ...

RANCHO SECO – Before you go in the water at Rancho Seco Lake, you need to let a dog sniff your boat. This is all part of the fight against the invasive golden mussel that has been detected in several ...

“Golden mussels are a greater threat to Tahoe than other aquatic invasive species,” said Dennis Zabaglo, aquatic invasive ...

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District announced new boating restrictions Tuesday at Rancho Seco Lake near Herald in an ...

Clean the mussels by thoroughly scrubbing them under plenty of running water, pulling away and discarding the 'beards', the seaweed-like stringy threads. Discard any broken mussels, and any ...

With the spring temperatures, boaters will soon be out in force. The winds are forecasted to let up later this week. Authorities have always cautioned the public about picking up hitchhikers on ...

“A zebra mussel is a little mollusk,” said Michael Nickell with the Sibley Nature Center in Midland. “It’s a little bivalve clam-like thing.” While they are commonly found in lakes and ...

It's not true that the mussels automatically shut off the city's water supply. When the mussels' shell movements trigger an alarm, human specialists conduct further testing before any action is taken.