Recent News
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Finding of No Significant Impact for Proposed Asian Carp Actions
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces a Finding of No Significant Impact for an Addendum to the Environmental Assessment for Asian carp control in the Chicago Area Waterway System.
Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Announces Three-Month Monitoring and Sampling Plan
The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee is announcing its latest monitoring and sampling plan to guide Asian carp control efforts in the Chicago Area Waterway System.
Field Crews Announce February ‐ March Sampling Results in Chicago Area Waterway System
Field crews from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intensively sampled throughout the entire Chicago Area Waterway System and no Asian carp were observed or collected.
Federal Officials Unveil Aggressive Strategy to Reduce Threat of Asian Carp in the Great Lakes
Federal officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Coast Guard today unveiled a strategy that outlines over 25 short and long-term actions and $78.5 million in investments to combat the spread of Asian carp.
Agencies accelerate action in response to new test results suggesting Asian carp presence in Calumet Harbor
The multi-agency Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee has received information from the University of Notre Dame about one positive environmental DNA result for silver carp in Calumet Harbor approximately one-half mile north of the Calumet River and one more at a location in the Calumet River north of O'Brien Lock.
New environmental DNA results within the Chicago Waterway System
On January 7, 2010 the University of Notre Dame confirmed that a small number of water samples taken on the North Shore Channel near the Wilmette Pumping Station in late October 2009 have tested positive for the presence of Silver carp DNA.
President Obama's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding to be Used for Immediate Asian Carp Control Measures - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes Inter-agency Task Force Chair and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced $13 million in federal funding to prevent Asian carp from migrating further toward the Great Lakes.
Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup finishes operation on Cal-Sag Channel
The Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup has completed fishing operations near the T.J. O'Brien Lock in an attempt to locate Asian carp after environmental DNA sampling in the area tested positive for the invasive species.
Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup wraps up main operation on Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Asian Carp Rapid Response Workgroup is closing out main project operations on a 5.7-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that began on December 2.