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CAWS AIS in the News

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East Peoria business men aims to take bite out of Asian carp population in Illinois River Journal Star, November 6, 2020

Asian carp have never breached a body of freshwater the size of Lake Michigan. Here’s the bizarre way they could survive and thrive in the world’s fifth largest lake. Chicago Tribune, Aug 13, 2019

Field Reports: States, feds meet on keeping Asian carp out of Great Lakes Duluth New Tribune, Jul 27, 2019

New Asian Carp Strategies Unveiled Door County Pulse, Jul 26, 2019

Michigan lawmakers head to Illinois to talk Asian carp, Great Lakes Michigan Radio npr, Jul 1, 2019

‘Carp cowboys’ round of invasive Asian carp as Illinois, federal officials debate costly measures to protect Lake Michigan Chicago Tribune, Dec 6, 2018

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The new 500-foot bike/ped bridge on the Little Cal Levee Trail over Calumet Ave. is nearing completion. This has been a challenging trail crossing for years. The bridge expects to be open by Memorial Day. More details here: http://ow.ly/bpYS50NtRQZ

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NIRPC and CommuniTree partners, US Forest Service and Student Conservation Association, visited a nursery to order native trees and took a tour of the nursery operations. Look for new CommuniTree trees in our region's communities this spring!

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