ASIAN CARP
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Update: No carp found, but experts want fight to continue
By Don Davis New tests showing Asian carp likely are not colonizing Minnesota waters should not slow efforts to stop the invasive fish, experts say. The results certainly dont say we should be doing a...
Posted on 4/4/13 at 4:37 PM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN New test results show no DNA evidence of Asian carp
There was a glimmer of good news in the battle against Asian carp this morning when the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced results from new DNA analyses of water samples from the Miss...
Posted on 4/4/13 at 10:59 AM
Minnesota researchers seek better ways to manage carp 
Fitted with electrofishing equipment, the boat eased into the cattails along North St. Paul's Casey Lake, two University of Minnesota technicians standing at the bow with dip nets ready to scoop up stunned common carp.
By Dennis Lien , November 16, 2011
5 states take Asian carp case to Supreme Court
Five states are going to the U.S. Supreme Court with a plea for faster action on a federal study of how to prevent invasive species such as Asian carp from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.
By John Flesher , October 26, 2011
Capitol Chatter: Voter photo ID law faces court challenge
A law Republicans in Minnesota and other states badly want faces a Wisconsin court challenge. Requiring voters to produce photographic identifications before voting is a fundamental Republican principle nationwide these days, but the League of Women Voters has sued to stop the Wisconsin law.
By Don Davis , October 21, 2011
Asian carp DNA found in Twin Cities stretch of Mississippi River
Invasive Asian carp may be present in the Twin Cities stretch of the Mississippi River after water samples tested positive for genetic material from silver carp, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Thursday.
By Associated Press , October 20, 2011
Invasive Asian carp species caught in North Dakota
N.D. Game and Fish official: 'Leaping' silver carp caught in James River near LaMoureNorth Dakota wildlife officials say an Asian carp species famous for leaping out of the water when startled by boat motors has been caught on the James River. It's a species almost impossible to eliminate once established in a river system, a North Dakota Game and Fish spokesman said.
By Associated Press , October 11, 2011
17 state AGs favor watershed divide
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said he and his counterparts in 16 other states want to demand quicker federal action on preventing invasive species such as Asian carp from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.By John Flesher , September 25, 2011
CAPITOL CHATTER: If you can’t beat them, eat them
Great Lakes-area state fishing regulators spend much of their time trying to defeat an Asian carp invasion, but the Illinois Department of Natural Resources thinks it has the answer: eat them.
By Don Davis , September 24, 2011
Searchers don't find any carp invaders in St. Croix River
State fisheries workers and a commercial fishing operator failed to catch any Asian carp in the St. Croix River during concentrated efforts over the past two weeks, a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources spokesman said Friday.
By Dennis Lien , September 03, 2011
VIDEO: Evidence of Asian carp found in St. Croix River
Authorities have found evidence that invasive Asian carp are in the St. Croix River as far upstream as the dam at St. Croix Falls, Wis.
By John Myers , August 11, 2011
Mississippi River flooding may have spread invasive Asian carp
Duane Chapman, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist and Asian carp expert, says the fish are likely to show up in places where Mississippi floodwaters intruded. They can weigh up to 100 pounds, grow 4 feet long and live for 25 years.
By Mary Foster , June 10, 2011
Army Corps activates barrier to stop Asian carp
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fired up a new electric fish barrier Thursday on a Chicago-area waterway linking the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds, the latest bid to protect the lakes from an Asian carp onslaught that could harm native species.
By John Flesher , April 07, 2011
DNR bill takes aim at Minnesota's invasive species
Zebra mussels and Asian carp are among the species concerning the state's outdoors managers.
By Associated Press , March 16, 2011
Ontario importer fined for Asian carp possession
A fish importer has been fined $50,000 for trying to haul a truckload of live Asian carp into Canada, including one of the species threatening to invade the Great Lakes, officials said Friday.
By John Flesher , March 04, 2011
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: More N.D. bald eagles ... Great Lakes wolf shot in S.D. ... Carp fight continues
North Dakota wildlife officials said the number of bald eagles observed in early January along a stretch of the Missouri River was up significantly from last year and slightly above average.
By Herald Staff Reports , January 14, 2011
Obama signs ban on bighead carp importation
They are among two Asian carp species threatening to infest the Great Lakes.
By Associated Press , December 14, 2010
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