The Detroit Free Press reports that there is evidence that the invasive Asian carp may have already breached an electrical barrier set up in a shipping canal in Chicago in order to keep the incredibly aggressive species from reaching the Great Lakes, where they would likely destroy the ecosystem and cause the extinction of native species.
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Asian carp may have breached electrical barrier
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'Environmental pollution increased to an alarming extent'
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Grizzly bear may have been killed by train
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Controversy continues over waterfront park
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Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube
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Officials find no Asian carp in western Lake Erie
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More than 6,000 acres of habitat protected
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Illegal dumping of sewage blamed for death of fish
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Fish catches up over last year
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Private pond owners urged to report winter fish kills
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Almost time to remove ice fishing shanties from Wisconsin waters
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Fish in attack confirmed as piranha
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Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
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Officials to educate boaters about invasive species
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Coastal wetlands may disappear in 21st century
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House approves bill to set national policy for cleansing ship ballast to kill invasive species
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Chicago shuts down Detroit