Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has delayed a $1.2 billion project meant to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes by at ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants a commitment from the Trump administration that federal funds earmarked for invasive carp barrier won't be revoked.

LONG seen as an unwanted pest in the region's waters, carp is now being considered for everything from dinner plates to ...

Bighead and silver carp are the biggest threat to the Great Lakes, where they consume massive amounts of plankton, starving native fish and mussels. These fast-breeding fish degrade water ...

Illinois fish farmers imported Asian Carp as early as the 1970s as a method ... “They consume a lot of food, they filter it out of the water, and they can lay up to a million eggs at a time ...

The new project at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam is a choke point between the Illinois River, which is infested with invasive ...

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY When Angie Yu first went to Kentucky to set up a business to turn invasive Asian carp into a ...

PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY When Angie Yu first went to Kentucky to set up a business to turn invasive Asian carp into a profitable business, she was planning to return to her home in Los ...

A massive billion-dollar project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes now faces uncertainty due to federal funding concerns under the Trump administration. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has ...

Asian Carp barrier project on Des Plaines River delayed … News / Feb 11, 2025 / 06:17 PM CST For more than a decade, Illinois and Michigan have fought to secure federal funding to prevent Asian ...