Feds To Discuss Carp Strategy At Ypsilanti Meeting
Federal agencies are holding the last in a series of public meetings to discuss a long-range strategy for keeping Asian carp and other invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
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Federal agencies are holding the last in a series of public meetings to discuss a long-range strategy for keeping Asian carp and other invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
Former U.S. Rep. James Oberstar is getting a rare honor -- a Great Lakes ship named after him.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Great Lakes water levels will be mostly lower this boating season.
President Barack Obama's 2012 budget calls for spending $350 million on a long-range Great Lakes cleanup program.
State officials say tests show no Asian carp DNA has been found in Michigan waters.
A federal report says the Great Lakes region could experience water shortages in some locations because of climate shifts or surging demand, despite being the world's largest freshwater system.
The University of Minnesota was the site Thursday for a national conference on Asian carp.
Michigan's new attorney general says he will continue the legal fight to try and stop the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
A conference is planned between attorneys in a lawsuit that seeks to close Chicago-area shipping locks to stop Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
Scientists whose genetics-based research became a lightning rod in the debate over protecting the Great Lakes from Asian carp have made their case in a newly published article that says at least some of the dreaded invaders have gotten beyond an electric barrier meant to block their path to Lake Michigan.
The federal government plans another attempt to remove gray wolves in the Great Lakes region from the endangered species list.
A federal judge Thursday turned down a plea from five states to order the immediate closure of shipping locks on Chicago-area waterways to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, where scientists fear they could disrupt the food chain and starve out other fish.
Well before dawn, Todd Loop takes his fishing tug onto Lake Erie in pursuit of yellow perch, walleye and other delicacies -- a livelihood that has sustained his family for three generations but faces a future as murky as the freshwater sea on a moonless night.
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.
