Lake Access Landing Blitz Through 4th of July to Help Prevent Spread of AIS

ST. PAUL (KDLM) – The Minnesota DNR will join hundreds of organizations this week to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species during an AIS Landing Blitz.

Through July 4, thousands of volunteers will join watercraft inspectors at boat launches in Minnesota and other Great Lakes states to educate boaters on how to prevent the spread of AIS, ways to identify them and how to report an AIS discovery.

“Volunteers and watercraft inspectors will be reminding boaters that clean, drain, dispose is not only the best way to prevent spreading AIS, it’s also the law in Minnesota,” said Adam Doll, DNR watercraft inspection program coordinator.

Whether or not any invasive species has been confirmed in a lake, Minnesota law requires boaters and anglers to clean their watercraft and trailers, drain all water, and dispose of unwanted bait in the trash.

Last year’s Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz reached 128,000 people at more than 1,000 public and private water accesses across the region.