Upgrades to the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Illinois is considered the key to preventing invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes. But so far, the grand plans have made little progress.
Another tilapia from the Chicago Area Waerway System (CAWS) and a rutting buck chasing does in the suburbs are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says one sample in the St. Joseph River shows DNA evidence of silver carp, a member of a group of invasive fish that pose a major threat to the Great Lakes.
Of all the governmental entities a voter might encounter on a ballot, the MWRD is arguably the one people interact with the most multiple times per day, whether they realize it or not yet understand the least.