A coalition of 10 US and Canadian wildlife agencies took part in a field exercise in Lake Erie last week to test methods of stopping a possible Asian carp invasion. Although experts believe that no reproducing populations of Asian carp currently exist in the lake, officials say that the Lake Erie drainage basin is vulnerable. There are four connection points between the Ohio River---where Asian carp have already been detected---and Lake Erie, putting the lake on the high on the list of entry points for carp into the Great Lakes. “Once aquatic invasive species get into a system where...
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