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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Invasive mussels have been found in another Utah lake.
The Utah Division of Wildlife says quagga mussels have been detected in Red Fleet Reservoir, which is about seven miles north of Vernal.
State wildlife officials have been on the lookout for nonnative zebra and quagga mussels.
The mussels were inadvertently introduced into the Great Lakes about 20 years ago. They reproduce and spread rapidly, threatening food sources for fish and clogging machinery and water pipes. Once established, they're nearly impossible to eradicate.
Last fall, zebra mussels were detected in central Utah's Electric Lake.
Mussels found so far appear to be juveniles and wildlife officials say it's unclear whether they've become established.
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