Evidence of invasive grass carp signals threat to Lake Erie

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Researchers have fresh evidence that invasive grass carp are swimming and spawning near the mouth of a river that flows into Lake Erie.

Their next step is figuring out how to stop it from gaining a foothold and devouring wetland plants along the shoreline and underwater vegetation in the lake that shelters native fish.

Grass carp are one of four Asian carp species threatening the Great Lakes, but they`re not as worrisome as the bighead and silver carp, which could devastate fish populations in the lakes...

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Ken Notes: It took decades to return the Great Lakes to the watershed they are today. We need to be even more diligent to keep them that way!