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By Ali Longwell<\/strong>, Summit Daily<\/em><\/p>\n

After 2025 saw a flurry of zebra mussel detections in the Colorado River system, Colorado Parks and Wildlife\u2019s weekly sampling this summer has led to zero new discoveries of the invasive species.<\/p>\n

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This does not mean, however, that zebra mussels \u2014 notorious for their prolific reproduction and destruction of ecosystems and infrastructure \u2014 are gone from the basin or that the battle to curb their spread is over.<\/p>\n

When zebra mussels establish a presence in a body of water, they multiply quickly. A single zebra mussel can produce up to 30,000 veligers \u2014 their microscopic, free-floating larvae \u2014 in one spawning event and up to one million in a year. As they root and attach to hard surfaces \u2014 like docks, rocks and pipes \u2014 and their density increases, they can cause significant damage and clogging to water infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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The species was initially detected in Colorado in 2022 and in the Colorado River in 2024. Increased sampling and inspections in 2025 led to numerous detections across the Western Slope.<\/p>\n

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