In Lake Erie, they found 10-inch thick layers of the mussel in rocky areas. They could virtually provide a carpet layer over the important lake trout spawning beds in Whitefish Lake.

We also had to sandblast the floor, which is a 2-inch thick tile.

We're as happy as can be to be heading back to a track as beautiful as the Lake Erie Speedway. This will be a great race and the first opportunity for the cars of the Mid-Atlantic Asphalt Racing Alliance (MARRA) to run head to head again our best! It's going to be a great show!

They spend their entire adult life filter feeding the zooplankton and phytoplankton from the water. It was estimated that during their peak numbers in Lake Erie, they were filtering the entire lake every day.

It is not at all far fetched to be concerned about zebra mussels in Montana. Zebra mussels are aquatic hitchhikers. They can survive long periods of time as larvae found in residual water in a boat, or as adults attached to the boat. Once they infest a system, there is no feasible alternative to stop their progress.

It was 1-inch thick. It weighed about 100 pounds. It was a little over 360 feet in length.