For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the ...

The state of Illinois received two small parcels of land near the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in a ...

A project aimed at keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes could be in jeopardy if Illinois doesn't meet a fast-approaching deadline to release federal funds. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ...

Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort to prevent an ecological disaster from reaching Lake Michigan. It is ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists just concluded a 10-day operation in the Starved Rock pool of the Illinois River, removing a record-breaking 750,000 pounds of invasive ...

After a political standoff between President Trump and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, the state is moving ahead with a ...

The future of sportfishing and the survival of native aquatic plants and animals in the Great Lakes may depend on what happens in the next few years in a narrow stretch of water that was cut through ...

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to order Illinois to shut down a canal system that could allow Asian carp to enter the Great Lakes. Swanson's action thrusts ...

Joe Greendyk, a seasonal fisheries technician with the Illinois Natural History Survey, measures a silver carp as he and other researchers use electric currents to stun fish to study invasive carp ...

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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Silver carp is big, unwieldy and requires Joe Greendyk to use both hands ...