How Can I Become a Volunteer Watercraft Insepector?
Lake property owners, lake enthusiasts and concerned citizens can help prevent zebra mussels and other invasive species from infesting their favorite lakes by attending one of workshops statewide in the spring and summer to learn how to become a volunteer watercraft inspector. Participants in the workshops will learn about invasive species and how to help boaters check their boats for the most common places that invasive species stow away on boats, boat trailers, bait buckets and other water recreation equipment. They’ll also receive a kit full of educational and other materials that can help them start volunteer inspection programs in their communities. The most common way that zebra mussels, Eurasian water-milfoil and other invasive aquatic species get introduced to new lakes and become established is being transported aboard boats, boat trailers, bait bucketsor in bilge water. Those two invasive species aren’t the only threats, but are among the most common. Wisconsin’s watercraft i
