Asian carp dispersal barrier elicits emotions

Communications Coordinator Moira Harrington and others recently visited the electrical barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Read her first-hand account of all that stands between the Great Lakes and an invasion of Asian carp.

Spring Thaw Throwdown: On to the championship round!

It’s time to decide who will win it all in the Spring Thaw Throwdown, earning the dubious title of Least Wanted AIS in Wisconsin! Will be it zebra and quagga mussels, or silver and bighead carp?

Spring Thaw Throwdown: Fish bracket

We’ve got small “small yet mighty” competitors like the round goby in the fish bracket, as well as the icky, vampire-like sea lamprey. Get to know the field in this bracket!