asian carp

Federal funding has been released to build part of a barrier system to keep invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan from the Illinois River. As Rick Pluta reports, this is after the Trump administration moved the management of the project from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island-Illinois District to the Detroit office.

A source close to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the state is ready to take the Trump administration to court rather than allow it to move management of building a new invasive carp barrier to Michigan. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer paid a visit Tuesday to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. Among other things, the President agreed to deliver more federal funds to help northern Michigan recover from ice storms that pummeled the region last spring. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Engineers aim to keep invasive species out of the Great Lakes. Colin Jackson has more on an agreement between Michigan, Illinois, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Through the course of this week, Governor Rick Snyder has released some ambitious plans for environmental policy for his final year in office. WEMU’s…

Governor Rick Snyder says a new shipping lock in Joliet, Illinois is needed to stop Asian carp from making their way from the Mississippi River system to…

Researchers say a process similar to making carbonated soda water could become a weapon in the fight against Asian carp. In a recent study, scientists…

Environmental officials taking steps after carp DNA found in river.For the first time, Asian carp DNA has been detected in an inland Michigan river.…

Leaders of states and Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes have agreed to a mutual aid agreement in which staff and expertise will be shared to…

Michigan replies to Army corps invasive species reportMichigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed the state's response to the US Army Corps of…