invasive species

Shedd Aquarium Displaying Asian Carp

Now welcoming visitors at the Shedd Aquarium are three big grey slow moving Carp.

2012/12/22

Shedd Aquarium Adds Asian Carp To Invasive Species Display

Biologists at the Shedd Aquarium were hoping the addition of three Asian bighead carp to the Invasive Species exhibit would persuade visitors to help keep the voracious fish out of Lake Michigan.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/12/20

Quinn Signs 3 New Laws To Protect Illinois’ Environment

Gov. Pat Quinn has signed three new laws aimed at protecting the environment in Illinois.

CBS Chicago–2012/07/27

Environmental Group: No More Invasive Species

An environmental coalition says the Asian carp is enough, and the U.S. does not need to add other non-native species to the country’s ecology.

CBS Chicago–2011/03/02

Lake Michigan (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Biologists Seek To Fight Lampreys With Smell

Great Lakes biologists hope to make progress in the fight against the invasive sea lamprey by taking advantage of the eel-like fish’s keen sense of smell.

CBS Chicago–2011/01/03

US Army Corps To Study Asian Carp, Other Invasives

Federal officials have laid out a plan for studying how to stop invasive species — including the voracious Asian carp — from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.

2010/11/09

Illinois Fishery Hopes To Cash In On Asian Carp

It wants to catch and sell them as “wild Mississippi River fish.”

2010/10/25

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