Asian clam project resumes

EAST HOPE — University of Idaho researchers will be headed back to Lake Pend Oreille’s Ellisport Bay this week to install barriers that have shown effectiveness in killing Asian clams.

The researchers and volunteers installed the synthetic rubber pond liner with satchels of sodium hydroxide last month. They plan to return on Thursday to realign some of the barriers that are already in place and install the remaining barriers.

The university’s College of Natural Resources is leading the project, which is regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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