What You Need To Know

1- You are required to stop at these checkpoints

2- Failure to stop at these checkpoints can result in fines and more importantly, spread invasive species such as quagga mussels and cause irreversible damage to our waterways.

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Watercraft Inspection Stations are Idaho’s first-line of defense against the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS). Overland travel of contaminated watercraft and equipment is believed to be the single largest vector for AIS movement from one water system to the next. In addition to the inspection station locations, watercraft are inspected during the boating season at roving roadside inspection stations spread throughout the state. These additional inspections help ISDA better understand the boating public, and potential vectors of introduction into Idaho.

More than 1,000,000 inspections have been conducted in Idaho under this program since 2009. Through inspections, 413 mussel-fouled watercrafts have been intercepted safeguarding Idaho waterbodies as well as those traveling through Idaho to the Pacific Northwest.

General Questions

info@isda.idaho.gov or (208) 332-8500

Hot-Wash Information

1-877-336-8676

Link: https://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/watercraft-inspection-stations