Dr. Jackson Gross has extensive experience and knowledge in dealing with nonindigenous Quagga mussels. He will present his research to the Interagency Quagga Mussel Group, lead by the National Park Service/Great Basin Institute, he is participating in a joint meeting with Lower Colorado River Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Quagga mussels are an invasive aquatic species that grows to about an inch in diameter. They reproduce quickly and in large numbers. They are... Read More →

Smith-Root’s most recent electrical barrier installation, Lower Gar Lake, was featured in the March/April issue of MUSKIE Magazine, the official publication of Muskies Inc. The impetus for this installation was the upstream migration of invasive carp but had the ancillary benefit of preventing the downstream migration of native muskies. According to the article, muskies have displayed sensitivity to the DC electrical fields present in electrical barriers and, based on... Read More →