AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES

SELF-INSPECTION LAUNCH CERTIFICATION PERMIT CA Fish & Game Code Sections 2301 & 2301 SierraCounty Ordinance 1041

You must complete,sign and deposit top copy in collection box and display bottom copy on vehicle dashboard before launching your watercraft* *Watercraft means any vessel capable of carrying one or more people on water, including all boats, canoes, kayaks, skiffs and rafts.

1. Is your vessel, trailer and all equipment clean of all mud, dirt, plants, fish or animals and drained of all water including all bilge areas, fresh water cooling systems, lower outboard units, ballast tanks, live-wells, buckets, etc. and completely dry?

If you answeredNo to question #1, you MAY NOT LAUNCHyour vessel. Your vessel must be cleaned, drained and completely dry before it will be permitted to launch. Do not clean or drain your vessel by the lake or at the launch ramp. See Question #3 for details on how to properly clean your vessel and equipment prior to launching.

2. If you answeredYes to question #1, has your vessel been in any of the infested waters listed on the back page of this form within the last 30 days?

If you answeredNo to question #2, you are ready to launch. Complete, sign and date this Launch Certification Permit and display it on the dashboard of your vehicle.

3. If you answeredYes to question #2, was your vessel, trailer and all equipment thoroughly cleaned and allowed to completely dry for at least 30 days since you last launched or has it been professionally decontaminated? (“Thoroughly cleaned” requires removal of all dirt and organic material, flushing and draining of all live wells, bilge areas, ballast tanks and fresh water cooling systems followed by a 30-day drying period. Professional decontamination requires thorough cleaning and flushing with minimum 140° water and is available at the watercraft inspection station at Alpine Meadows Road and Hwy 89, approx. 12 miles south of Truckee, CA.)

If you answeredYes to question #3, you are ready to launch. Complete, sign and date this Launch Certification Permit and display it on the dashboard of your vehicle.

If you answeredNo to question #3, DO NOTLAUNCH. Your vessel must be thoroughly cleaned and dried or professionally decontaminated before it will be permitted to launch.

I affirm that my vessel does not threaten the lake with Aquatic Invasive Species because:

Please check one: □My vessel is clean, drained and dry and has not been in any infested waters within the last 30 days.

□My vessel has been thoroughly cleaned & completely dry for at least 30 days since last launched, or has been professionally decontaminated.

Vessel Registration Number (found on registration card): ______

Signature:______Date:______Aquatic Invasive Species Infested Waters in the U.S.

CALIFORNIA NEVADA OREGON American River Colorado River Alsea Bay (below Folsom dam) Humboldt River Bully Creek Anaheim Lake Coffenbury Lake Lake Mead Arroyo Simi Columbia River Aquatic Invasive Lake Mohave Arroyo Trabuco Coos Bay Laughlin Lagoon Baxter Creek Crooked River Species (AIS) Lahontan Reservoir Deschutes River Benton Crossing Ruby Lake Marsh Devils Lake Big Lagoon threaten the Rye Patch Reservoir Garrison Lake Bishops Creek Canal Topaz Lake Hanson Slough health of our Calaveras River Lake Lytle Wild Horse Reservoir CO River Aqueduct Lewis & Clark River waters! All Copper Basin Reservoir ARIZONA Malheur River New River Dixon Reservoir Colorado River Owyhee River watercraft, fishing El Capitan Reservoir Imperial Reservoir Rogue River/Gold Beach Katherine Landing Freshwater Lagoon Skipanon River Pond equipment and (CO River) Garcia River Snake River Lake Havasu Inaja River Siuslaw River Lake Mead recreational gear Tilamook Bay Irvine Lake Lake Mohave Umpqua River Klamath River Lake Pleasant that touch the Wilson River Kraemer Basin Lake Powell Yaquina Bay Martinez Lake water can pick up Lake Earl Youngs River & Bay Lake Havasu Mittry Lake Lake Hodges Placer Cove TEXAS AIS. (CO River) Lake Jennings Lake Levon Salt River Lake Matthews Lake Texoma Topcock Marsh Ray Roberts Reservoir Lake Miramar Willow Beach Lake Pleasant (CO River) UTAH Lake Poway Colorado River Lake Pueblo COLORADO Blue Mesa Reservoir Electric Lake Lake Ramona Boulder Creek Green River Lake Shasta Colorado River Jordan River Lake Skinner East Delaney Butte Lake Kays Creek Pond Lake Talawa Eleven Mile Reservoir Lake Powell Little Bear River Los Angeles Aqueduct Grand Lake CLEAN Logan River Lower Otay Reservoir Green River Julesberg Reservoir Lucin Spring Pond Machado Lake Jumbo Lake Ogden River Mokelumne River Lake Granby Provo River Murray Reservoir Pueblo Reservoir Red Fleet Reservoir DRAIN Napa River Shadow Mountain Reservoir Sand Hollow Reservoir Olivenhain Reservoir Snake River Spanish Fork Strawberry River Owens River South Delaney Butte Lake Weber River Parker Dam (CO River) South Platte River & Tarryall Reservoir Rattlesnake Reservoir Willow Creek Reservoir WASHINGTON Russian River Capitol Lake Chehalis River Sacramento Delta NEW MEXICO Sacramento River Columbia River Lake Sumner Gray’s River & Harbor DRY San Vincente Reservoir Lake Washington Santa Clara R. Estuary OTHER Snake River Shadow Lake Canada Everything, Skinner Reservoir Eastern USA The Great Lakes Stanizlaus River (Knights Ferry) Idaho every time. Sweetwater Reservoir Midwestern USA Tillas Slough Montana Topaz Lake Wyoming Walnut Canyon Reservoir Yorba Linda www.sierracounty.ca.gov/______