Wow. Lodge owner praised for spotting guests' invasive clam collection: https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/18/lodge-owner-praised-for-spotting-guests-invasive-clam-collection/

Hopefully there are no J. Stewart Smith's of the bivalve world.

Lodge owner praised for spotting guests' invasive clam collection

Andrew Dewing discovered a collection of freshwater gold clams — Corbicula fluminea — when he was inspecting the room of departing guests at his lodge in the central North Island village of Ōwhango.

Local Democracy Reporting