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Federal funding has been released to build part of a barrier system to keep invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan from the Illinois River.The Trump administration moved the management of the project from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island-Illinois District to the Detroit office last week

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said the state dedicated $50 million in its 2024 fiscal year as part of its end of a funding plan

The Trump administration is moving oversight of a key project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes from Illinois to Michigan

Whitmer says Trump has agreed to send more funds to assist recovery efforts in northern Michigan from ice storms that battered the region last springEfforts to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp were also discussed

Staff, volunteers and park visitors have continued detecting and reporting populations of HWA throughout the park system

Even wood that looks clean and healthy can harbor tiny insects, eggs or microscopic fungi spores that can start a new and deadly infestation

The DNR's boat wash crew has visited public access sites in 19 counties and washed more than 300 boats this summer

White House officials say the project is stalling because Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is not engaging with them

The memorandum pushes Illinois officials to cooperate on a lock and dam project designed to close off a waterway where the fish could enter lake Michigan

The city again wants individual property owners to pay for the treatment