A local outdoor council in Minnesota voted on March 27 to pledge $12 million toward a barrier against invasive carp on the Mississippi River north of Winona, Minn. The Lessard-Sams… Read More
Asian carp
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources released its updated Invasive Carp Action Plan on January 18 for the next 10 years of prevention and management efforts in Minnesota. The announcement… Read More
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that agency officials caught hundreds of invasive carp in the biggest haul in Minnesota to date. Officials caught 296 silver carp, 23 grass… Read More
Construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project could be delayed if a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) isn’t signed between the Corps of Engineers and the state of Illinois by September… Read More
North America isn’t the only part of the world where invasive carp are considered a major pest. Carp originating in Asia were imported to Australia more than 100 years ago,… Read More
Still without a project partnership agreement, funding for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project is in danger of lapsing. The project, on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill., includes a… Read More
This issue of The Waterways Journal includes two important stories about invasive carp. One story details how businesses in Wickliffe, Ky., are betting on the continued presence of carp as… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District plans to study options for managing and preventing the spread of invasive carp species at locks on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and the northern section… Read More
An influx of federal funding is allowing the completion of preconstruction engineering and design work and construction of the initial phase of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, with the first… Read More
Recent lock closures at Barkley Lock and Dam in western Kentucky are helping researchers determine more about the movements of invasive Asian carp and how best to contain their spread. Read More
