The state plans to build a barrier to keep out the carp, but first it has to deal with the legacy of pollution at the ...

Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in the Des Plaines River near Joliet. The move ...

Utah Lake has a reputation problem. But one of the country’s largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River also has ...

Illinois is once again moving forward with a planned barrier designed to keep invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes, ...

Illinois officials are set to resume efforts to prevent invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes. The move comes after the Trump administration said on Friday, May 9 ...

The $1.2-billion Brandon Road Interbasin Project is being built in Joliet, Ill. to prevent Asian carp and other invasive ...

President Trump signed a memorandum to expedite measures preventing invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. The memorandum urges Illinois to cooperate with the Brandon Road Lock and Dam ...

Illinois is getting set to close on property that officials want to buy to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes ...

Illinois finished acquiring land needed for a project to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp, construction backed by ...

Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon ...