New Zealand Mudsnails (NZMS) were recently discovered in High School Creek located in North Redmond. New Zealand Mudsnails are tiny (less than 6 mm) invasive aquatic snails that can completely cover stream and lake beds, pipes, and ditches.
These tiny snails do not harm people or pets. However, once these hardy invaders spread out across streams and lakes, on rocks, and in the mud, they crowd out native aquatic snails, insects, and plants that resident fish and other critters depend on. NZMS provide no nutritional value to the salmon and trout that eat them. They adapt to a wide range of environment conditions. This makes them hard to control and almost impossible to eliminate from our waterways.
NZMS can hitch a ride on boots, clothes, animal fur, and equipment and be carried by streams and stormwater to new locations. Mudsnails are tiny and easily mistaken for a small pebble.
Please take these steps to help stop the spread of NZMS in High School Creek and across Redmond:
Use the City’s request management system to report non-emergency issues, make requests, and find answers to common questions.
In case of emergency, call 911.
Report Issue or Make Request
Email: Tom Hardy
Email: Peter Holte