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Whitefish Lake still free from AIS
By JULIE ENGLER,
2026-07-15Mike Koopal, executive director of the Whitefish Lake Institute, said one of the successes of the partnership between the city and the institute has been the lack of aquatic invasive species in Whitefish Lake. “We still don't have any aquatic invasive species in Whitefish Lake that we know of, and we're out there looking for it,” Koopal said. “I think Carla and Maria's effort of the inspection stations has been a huge success.” Maria Butts is the director of the Parks and Recreation Department, and Carla Belski, community services coordinator, runs the decontamination station at City Beach and the two city inspection stations. Koopal presented a water quality update to the Whitefish City Council last week. He also introduced Jen Parsons as the organization’s new finance administration manager. “Montana's still clear of dreissenid mussels, which are zebra mussels and quagga mussels, their cousin,” Koopal said. “I'm a little more concerned about quagga mussels in Whitefish, just because they can live and softer substrate at greater depths.” The number of AIS inspections at both the City Beach and Whitefish Lake State Park stations has stabilized over the last several years. The total number of watercraft inspections and removal of exit seals
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