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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources sent an 11-member team to Illinois to learn more about managing the invasive Asian Carp.
Michigan DNR helped the Illinois DNR remove bighead and silver carp from the Illinois River.
Tammy Newcomb of the Michigan DNR says this is the second year they sent DNR members to Illinois to see how to manage Asian carp.
She says seeing how Illinois deals with the invasive fish will help Michigan DNR field technicians learn how to react if bighead or silver carp make it into Michigan’s waterways.
The team helped with efforts in the Illinois River, about 15 miles downstream from the Chicago Waterway, where regional efforts have been made to keep the invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.
