Efforts to close canal to Great Lakes
Efforts are underway to try and get the river locks on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal closed in order to stop the spread of two invasive species of fish known as the Asian carp and the Snakehead.
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Genetic evidence clears Ben Franklin (w/ Video)
The DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn't do it. Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow trees that are overrunning ...
Ecology
Jul 29, 2011
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Time to let science drive Great Lakes policy on Asian carp, experts say
The threat Asian carp pose to the Great Lakes community may be politically controversial, but pales in comparison to the costs and danger of continuing to wring hands over established facts. It's time, a Michigan State University ...
Ecology
Jun 30, 2011
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Bighead carp snagged in St. Croix River
It's an ugly brute with a gaping mouth and eyes that hang low on the bottom of its face. Someday soon, with two of its equally odious cousins, it could take over Minnesota's rivers and lakes, squeezing out native species. ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2011
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Live carp smuggled into Canada
Smugglers keep hauling live Asian carp from Southern fish farms bound for food markets in the Lake Ontario city of Toronto, even as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies how to keep the fish from swimming into the Great ...
Ecology
Mar 17, 2011
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Study validates Asian carp research
The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) by scientists from the University of Notre Dame and The Nature Conservancy to detect invasive Asian carp in the Chicago-area waterway has been validated in Conservation Letters, a new flagship ...
Ecology
Jan 5, 2011
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Fight escalates over plan to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes
The Obama administration on Thursday released its 2011 battle plan in the ongoing fight to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes, a plan that calls for no waterway closures in the Chicago area. Less than three hours ...
Ecology
Dec 17, 2010
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Invisible invasive species
While Asian carp, gypsy moths and zebra mussels hog invasive-species headlines, many invisible invaders are altering ecosystems and flourishing outside of the limelight.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2010
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Asian carp create nagging fear in Lake Erie towns
Well before dawn, Todd Loop takes his fishing tug onto Lake Erie in pursuit of yellow perch, walleye and other delicacies — a livelihood that has sustained his family for three generations but faces a future as murky ...
Ecology
Nov 26, 2010
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Fence goes up to keep Asian carp out of Chicago canal
The latest weapon in the fight against Asian carp doesn't look much like a weapon at all: It's a 13-mile concrete and steel mesh fence that splits the narrow divide between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2010
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