The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering an aquatic invasive species (AIS) watercraft inspection training course for members of the public April 13 in Cody. The training allows watercraft owners to inspect their own watercraft and for fishing and boating-related businesses to offer inspections for their customers.

The training will provide the skills necessary for participants to inspect their own or other watercraft to be used in Wyoming to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species such as zebra or quagga mussels, invasive plants and several other species. The training includes information on basic biology, current distribution of AIS, impacts and transport vectors. The course includes classroom instruction, a question and answer session and a hands-on watercraft inspection exercise.

The training will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 at the Game and Fish Cody Regional Office at 2 Tilden Trail. The training is free, but registration is required. Registration closes one week prior to the course date.