Asian carp have been spotted at the mouth of the Root River in Minnesota, raising concerns about the invasive species' impact ...

Asian carp have been spotted at the mouth of the Root River in Minnesota, raising concerns about the invasive species' impact ...

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The $1.2-billion Brandon Road Interbasin Project is being built in Joliet, Ill. to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes.

It is there, on a sliver of land where a coal-fired power plant once stood, that the state plans a last stand against the invasive Asian carp. It wants to build a $1.1 billion barricade, called ...

Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ash pollution.

It is there, on a sliver of land where a coal-fired power plant once stood, that the state plans a last stand against the invasive Asian carp. It wants to build a $1.1 billion barricade, called ...

The work is intended to stop the spread of invasive carp, which could pose a significant threat to the Great Lakes region’s native species, ecosystems and fishing and boating industries.

But after extreme flooding events in the 1980s and 1990s, the carp escaped into the Mississippi River basin — the third largest in the world — spreading to 31 states.

That is a big mistake. The Asian carp is a extremely invasive fish that destroys ecosystems fast and reproduce faster. These fish eat algae until there is none left. Also they have no predators.

Bighead carp, which are part of the Asian carp family, usually live up to 16 years but can live longer, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

They can reach 4 feet long and more than 100 pounds. They gobble up to 20 percent of their weight daily in plankton, a crucial link in the Great Lakes food chain. With no natural predators, the ...