Aquatic invasive species are a threat to Montana's pristine waters,
and throughout the Swan Valley,
new machines are in place to help people clean,
drain and dry their watercrafts.
2 portable aquatic invasive species cleaning stations have been placed
at the Swan Lake Boat Ramp and the Holland Lake
Boat Ramp as a last line of defense to keep
Montana waters clean. And all of these lakes are so
pristine.
We want to make sure our ecosystem stays healthy and
everything is as pristine as possible.
We really want to make sure that aquatic invasive species
are not entering this water body,
which also in turn will help the ecosystem here.
We want this ecosystem to have all native animals,
native fish be able to fish and to be able
to recreate in this beautiful place.
These stations are meant to be used after you have
already cleaned,
drained and dried all watercrafts after exiting a water body
and after you have gone through the AIS inspection stations
found throughout the state.
It's. Waterless vacuum system that just provides one last important
step to make sure that you are not transporting an
invasive creature that could really change the environment and the
economics of our beautiful waters.
The Flathead National Forest and the the water bodies we
have in the Flathead Valley are absolutely beautiful and do
not have these aquatic invasive species and we want to
keep it that way. The Firehead National Forest and Montana
Fish,
Wildlife and Parks teamed up to install these stations.
1/3 station was placed at Owl Packer Camp near Holland
Lake for terrestrial invasive species.
The Owl Packer is actually for hikers in stock because
if you are walking through something,
there's a potential to transport.
That's how some of our terrestrial invasive weeds get transported.
Is on us as animals,
so we just want to keep Montana's waters as clean
as they are now.
The stations are free to use and all motorized and
non motorized watercraft users should be using these stations prior
to launching their boats.
At Swan and Holland Lake product invasive species are becoming
more present throughout the nation.
We currently don't have them in this lake and in
the Flathead watershed,
so we want to make sure that we're keeping these
areas as pristine as possible.
A great way to do that is to have precautions
like this.
You can go to our.
For a full tutorial on how to use these machines
in Swan Lake,
Kiana Wilson MTN News.