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Mike Wehner
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- An invasive species of clam have invaded a Montana lake, and the state's environmental officials have a plan to defeat them.
- The state is planning to completely drain Lake Elmo in the hopes of killing off the Asian clams that are causing problems.
- The lake has already been partially drained to kill clams near the shore, but the decision has now been made to drain it completely in the hopes of wiping the clams out for good.
As the Billings Gazette reports, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks has granted approval for a plan to drain the entirety of Elmo Lake this year. The plan, which will be carried out in September, aims to kill off an invasive species of clam that are not native to the area.
Asian clams, which arrived in the lake from an unknown source and have since multiplied in huge numbers, are the target. Draining the lake, which covers some 60 acres, is going to be a large project for the state, but it's believed to be the only way to fully eliminate the clams and solve the problem for good.
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