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Asian carp fight between a lock and a hard place
Cook :: NE :: USA | about 15 hours ago
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A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, an Obama administration adviser said Friday...Environmental...
Tags: asian carp, Asian, great lake, Cook, Carp, Chicago River, Great Lakes, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Sport fish, Lock, Asian carps
Tests show Utah waters to be mussel-free -- for now
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility That may come as a bit of a surprise to those who remember that the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has already announced that two waters -- Red Fleet Reservoir north of Vernal and Electric Lake in Emery County -- both tested positive for the...
Tags: Utah, Larry Dalton, Red Fleet Reservoir, utah water, aquatic invasive, invasive species, Salt Lake City, Environment, Zebra mussel, Unionidae, Quadrula, Great Lakes, Quagga mussel, Dreissenidae
Chicago Canal Flooded With Toxin To Kill Asian Carp
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Yet everyday from November through March, even this week when temperatures plummeted below freezing for the first time this season, dozens of fisherman brave the wind and the cold to fish for little Lake Michigan perch. "I'm out here five days a week,"...
Tags: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Chicago Sanitary, Chicago River, Great Lakes, Prolific Reproducers Calderon, John Calderon, Illinois Rivers, Mississippi River, ship canals, Chicago, Carp, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Silver carp, Bighead carp, Asian carps
Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Ill. — An Obama administration adviser says a decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a shipping lock in a bid to stop the Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan...He tells The Associated Press on Friday that discussions are under...
Tags: asian carp, Asian, fishes kill, Chicago Sanitary, Great Lakes, massive fishes, Lake Michigan, Ship Canal, dead fishes, Chicago, Carp, Chicago River, Asian carps, Environment, Sport fish, Carp fishing, Silver carp, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lock, Lockport Illinois, Ballast tank, Black carp, Common carp, Sailing ballast, Ocean pollution, Invasive species, Conservation, Environmental issues with shipping, Mississippi River, Sailing, Ship construction
Great Lakes Grand Prix returning to Mich. City
Michigan City :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility That's what Jason Miller said Wednesday night when announcing the Aug. 8, 2010, race date for the Second Annual Great Lakes Grand Prix in Michigan City. Miller, La Porte County Convention & Visitors Bureau sports-development manager, made the announcement...
Tags: Jason Miller (playwright), great lakes, Michigan City, grand prix, lakes grand
State poisons Asian carp waters
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Illinois' Department of Natural Resources launched chemical war Wednesday night against the invasive Asian carp in a 6-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Romeoville, an aggressive response to fears that carp are pushing their way...
Tags: asian carp, Chicago Sanitary, chemical war, Great Lakes, ship canal, Lake Michigan, mile stretch, Chicago, Carp, Sport fish, Asian carps, Chicago River, Environment, Rotenone, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lock, Jennifer Granholm, Wedding, Carp fishing, Trooper, Fish, Mississippi River, Spam
DNR, Salvation Army team up for coat drive :Warren Dunes among sites participating in effort.
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility DNR, Salvation Army team up for coat drive Warren Dunes among sites participating in effort. The Department of Natural Resources and the Salvation Army's Coats for Kids program are hoping to help families bundle up this season and enjoy Michigan's outdoors.
Tags: Traverse City State Park, Salvation Army, DNR, Maia Stephens, Western Michigan, Lansing, Bay City Recreation Area, Northern Michigan, Dunes, Muskegon State Park, Great Lakes, Traverse City Michigan, Berrien County Michigan, Warren Dunes State Park
Fish kill latest move to stop Asian carp
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is directing the state's largest fish kill Wednesday on a nearly six-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal. Dumping the fish toxin rotenone into the water is the agency's latest attempt to stop...
Tags: asian carp, fishing kill, illinois department, electric barrier, natural resources, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, ship canal, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Carp, Rotenone, Chicago River, Great Lakes, Fish, Common carp, Asian carps
Asian carp could spell doom of Lake Erie fishing
Marblehead :: MA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Jack Tibbels built his life and livelihood along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie, offering a marina, a motel and a fleet of six charter boats to people eager to catch walleye and perch. Now, he fears that his business in Marblehead and those of hundreds of...
Tags: Great Lakes, asian carp, Marblehead, Environment, Carp, Asian carps, Lake Erie, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Carp fishing, Silver carp, Bowfishing, Chicago River, Fauna of the United States, Walleye, Sport fish, Bighead carp
Water Plan Aims to Help Jobs Flow
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility This city has been selling the world Lake Michigan water for decades...Now, the nation's onetime brewing capital is trying to use its abundant water supply the way other towns use tax credits and highway ramps: as a lure for new businesses, particularly...
Tags: Milwaukee, Atlanta Development Authority, economic development, Mr. Meeusen, water supply, Great Lakes Compact, Waukesha County Wisconsin, Washington County Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Wisconsin, Atlanta, Great Lakes, Wisconsin, Water
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