The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received $1.5 million from the states of Illinois and Michigan to advance the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on the upper Illinois Waterway. This complex ecosystem restoration project includes innovative technological deterrents designed to prevent upstream movement of invasive carp and other aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes. Read the full story by KWQC-TV – Davenport, IA.
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