Page Title
Response Resources
Chemicals, barrier curtains, and other equipment may be an integral part of any dreissenid response. The purpose of this portion of the toolkit is to provide a list of sources to obtain commonly used resources that may be needed during a dreissenid response.

Hilo searching through hull fittings.
Credit: Cindy Sawchuk.
Mussel-detection canines
Mussel Dogs: https://www.musseldogs.info (located in Oakdale, California)
Working Dogs for Conservation: https://wd4c.org/invasivemussels.html (located in Montana and Alberta, Canada)
Montana Black Dog Services: https://mtblackdogservices.com/ (located in Montana)
Alberta Conservation K9 unit
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (Justin.Bush@dfw.wa.gov, (564) 669-9486)
British Columbia Conservation Officer Service – https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/invasive-mussels

Dive Teams
Carlos Martinez
Hatchery Superintendent/Project Leader
DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery
Spearfish, SD
(605) 642-7730, ext. 223
carlos_martinez@fws.gov

Chemical Suppliers
Potash
Intrepid (https://www.intrepidpotash.com) is the only producer of muriate of potash in the U.S., supplying 3.5% of U.S. annual consumption. Intrepid is based out of Denver, Colorado, 707 17th Street, Suite 4200, Denver, CO 80202, info@intrepidpotash.com, (800) 451-2888.
Canada is the world's largest producer and exporter of potash because it has the world's largest potash reserves. Nutrien Ltd. (https://www.nutrien.com/) is based in Saskatoon, Canada - they are the world's largest producer of potash. Nutrien has an office in Loveland, Colorado, 3005 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Loveland, CO, 80538, ((70) 685-3300. Regional customer locations can be found here: https://nutrienagsolutions.com//find-location
Michigan Potash & Salt Company (https://mipotash.com/potash/) sells food grade white muriate of potash. They are located in Evart, Michigan @ 9522 US-10 Highway East, Evart, MI, 49631, info@mipotash.com, (231) 577-9616.
​
J.R. Simplot Company, P.O. Box 27, Boise, ID 83707-0027, (208) 336-2110, Product Data Sheet for Agropell 6-24-24XB.
​​
EarthTec QZ
Earth Science Laboratories, Inc.
-
Technical expert for U.S.: David Hammond, PhD, (510) 289-3310, dhammond@earthsciencelabs.com
-
Sales contact of U.S.: John Cortell, (815) 762-0320, jcortell@earthsciencelabs.com
​
Natrix (copper-based molluscicide)
SePRO
Contact for WA, OR, ID, and MT: Travis Fuller, Technical Specialist, (509) 385-3549, travisf@sepro.com
Contact for CA, NV, and AZ: Andrea Sealock, Regional Team Leader, (925) 536-6692, andreas@sepro.com
Contact for ND, SD, WY, UT, NM, CO, KS, NB: Kaitlyn Quincy, Technical Sales Specialist, (720) 384-6437, kaitlynq@sepro.com

Applicator Services
​
Clean Lakes, Inc.
Contact: WA, OR, ID, and MT: Thomas G. Moorhouse, Regional Lead, (818) 201-5982, tmoorhouse@cleanlake.com
Contact for CA: Drew McNabb, Regional Lead, (925) 482-7177, dmcnabb@cleanlake.com
​
Equipment Suppliers
​
The U.S. Department of Interior is maintaining a list of equipment and resources for use in mussel response.
​
Curtain Deployment
-
Global Diving and Salvage (Seattle, WA)
-
Ballard Marine Construction (Washougal, WA)
​
BioChar Bags
-
Stormwater Biochar, LLC (Stayton, OR)
-
(503) 789-6760, info@StormwaterBIOCHAR.com​
-