Federal officials will not return to Kentucky to perform a seasonal tracking and harvest of Asian carp after a request by a county official. Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White wrote… Read More
Wade White
A Kentucky county leader is asking U.S. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to prevent the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from bringing an experimental type of Asian carp removal back to… Read More
Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell touted inclusion of funds to combat against invasive Asian carp species as part of the recently passed 2020 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). McConnell championed… Read More
Kentucky’s final budget restored $5.5 million in boat registration funding to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to continue the state’s Asian carp eradication efforts for another year. Read More
A commercial fisherman harvested close to 60,000 pounds of Asian carp from one bay in 48 hours as part of a fishing method being tested in Kentucky for the first… Read More
With the push of a button, a low hum sounded, and bubbles rose to the surface in a line crossing the width of Barkley Dam’s lock approach, from the main… Read More
