New work is underway to stop the spread of invasive carp in Minnesota's waterways. "There's so much at stake for Minnesota. The quality of life that we enjoy here in Minnesota is so much linked to ...

Floods and human mismanagement helped the carp escape into the Mississippi River system, where their spread exploded. The carp grow fast, eat voraciously and breed prolifically. A single female ...

In a name-your-poison twist, a new study from the University of Illinois adds to the evidence that Chicago-area waterway pollution is slowing the relentless advance of the invasive silver carp.

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR): The discovery late last week of another Asian carp at the mouth of the St. Croix River underscores the need to move ahead ...

About a half dozen researchers were let go last month from the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center in La Crosse, a U.S. Geological Survey site. The center produces key research about ...

Large river species such as invasive carp are a problem the new commission would address, building on the work of the ...

Additionally, rehabilitation is proposed at three Carp River access sites and the boat launch at the mouth of the Carp River. The Carp Project area stretches from the community of Trout Lake in ...

They first entered our native population by traveling up the river from the South. Asian Carp are very fast growing, and they reproduce quickly, so big populations can gather fast in the Mississippi.