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- — June 8, 2010
Zebra mussels spread through Wisconsin lakes

Invasive zebra mussels have now infested 130 Wisconsin lakes and rivers, announced the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The WDNR last week added ten new lakes to its list of[…]

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- — June 7, 2010
Army Corps says regular lock closures won’t stop Asian carp

After several failed Supreme Court appeals, hopes of closing Chicago’s locks to stop the Asian carp fell on the US Army Corps of Engineers. Those hopes were dashed last week[…]

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- — May 6, 2010
Asian carp in Chicago waterways to be poisoned and counted

Government officials announced plans to dump fish poison into Chicago-area waterways for a second time to determine whether the Asian carp are moving nearer the Great Lakes. In Congress, however,[…]

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- — April 13, 2010
Round gobies, zebra mussels move PCBs through food chain

New research coming from the University of Michigan reveals that two notorious Great Lakes invasive species are helping move toxic PCBs up the aquatic food chain in Saginaw Bay, Lake[…]

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