Category Archive: Environmental

Ethanol…Good or Bad?

E10 is a gasoline blended with up to 10 % ethanol alcohol and is now in widespread use in the U.S. Working its way into gas tanks for several years, E10 is wreaking havoc on boat engines. Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is made from corn, sugar and other grains. Ethanol is an excellent cleaner, solvent, …

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DFG Warns Boater

California DFG

DFG Warns Boater Services of Quagga/Zebra Mussels Threat Quagga and Zebra mussels may be the size of a human fingernail, but they pose a very large threat to California’s waterways. In a letter to 117 business owners, the California Quagga/Zebra mussels’ taskforce, comprised of nearly a dozen state and federal agencies, has asked marina owners …

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Taskforce urges boaters’ vigilance against invasive quagga and zebra mussels

Quagga and Zebra Mussel

May 27, 2010 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS 2000 Evergreen Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, California  95815 http://www.dbw.ca.gov Contact: Gloria Sandoval, Department of Boating and Waterways, 916-715-1657 (cell) Troy Swauger, Department of Fish and Game, 916-322-8932 Roy Stearns, Department of Parks and Recreation, 916-654-2270 Pete Weisser, Department of Water Resources, 916-653-3350 Steve Lyle, …

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