Asian carp; aquatic invasive species
A review of the Asian carp plan
An emergency summit between the Obama Administration and several Great Lakes states produces a new framework in dealing with the Asian Carp crisis, but falls short of pulling all the stops to necessary protect the lakes.
What’s it take to make the break?
The Chicago Waterway System, engineered in 1900 to reverse the flow of the Chicago River, is a complex system of rivers and canals diverting Chicago’s wastewater from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River.
It also creates an artificial connection between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, a superhighway for organisms – such as the zebra [...]
Asian carp knocking on the back door
New DNA testing finds the invasive carp just miles from the electric barrier that protects the Great Lakes from these ravenous fish.
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