Fishermen removing Asian carp by the thousands from dam
Associated Press
July 23, 2019
Some of the invasive fish reportedly from 20 to 30 pounds.
Army Corps of Engineers
Lakes Erie, Ontario set water-level records
Staff and News Reports
July 10, 2019
Also setting a new mark was Lake St. Clair, which is part of the waterway linking Lakes Huron and Erie.
A cormorant kingdom grows, and ‘This problem is only just starting’
Associated Press
June 3, 2019
In mid-May, as many as 10,000 cormorants counted on the Astoria Bridge – a major jump from the 3,400 the state counted last year.
Mississippi River dam operations changed to deter Asian carp
Associated Press
September 1, 2017
Army Corps of Engineers has tweaked how it runs Lock and Dam 8 in Genoa, Wis., in hopes of impeding the spread upriver.
For birders, an opportunity to view a rare wood stork
Associated Press
August 7, 2017
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Army Corps of Engineers are holding a viewing event Saturday, Aug. 12.
At Columbia River in Oregon, young salmon safer – for now – after cormorants flee
Associated Press
June 26, 2017
The Army Corps of Engineers kills the birds to reduce predation on runs of threatened and endangered juvenile salmon.
IHSA reschedules state bass fishing finals — again
Ralph Loos
June 6, 2017
The IHSA announced the finals will be held June 14-15 on Carlyle Lake. That’s a Wednesday-Thursday event, as opposed to the traditional Friday-Saturday.
Judge asked to lift hold on Yellowstone dam to protect sturgeon
Associated Press
February 6, 2017
For decades, pallid sturgeon have been prevented from reaching hundreds of miles of upstream spawning habitat because of an existing rock weir at the proposed dam site.
Federal agencies budget $42M for Asian carp prevention
Associated Press
January 16, 2017
Includes further study of ways to fortify defenses on a carp-infested Illinois waterway leading to Lake Michigan
