Invasive carp

Good news, bad news in the fight to stop invasive carp (2015)

by Irene Jones

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June 12, 2015

The closing of Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock is good news for Minnesotans. It will help ensure that invasive carp are not able to migrate upstream of downtown Minneapolis. Unfortunately, last week’s good news for the Mississippi was mired by the bad news about Bighead carp arriving in bigger numbers in the St. Croix River as far north as Stillwater. >>

The Stop Carp Coalition Minneapolis Lock Party.

Good news and bad news on invasive carp (2013)

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September 16, 2013

First the good news: Rep. Keith Ellison had succeeded in adding language to a larger water resources bill that would close Upper St. Anthony Falls lock.

Now the bad: Another silver carp (one of four species of invasive carp) was found in Minnesota last month further north than the one found a little over a year ago near Winona. >>

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December 15, 2011

Traces of DNA from silver carp (above) were recently detected farther upriver than many experts expected. >>

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December 22, 2008

The non-native silver carp has been found in the Mississippi River near La Crosse, the Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Natural Resources reported in early December. >>

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