invasive carp

Silver carp in the Illinois River jump in reaction to electrofishing.

Pritzker: Trump announcement to move carp barrier project to Michigan is “a political stunt”

Rick Pluta

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the Trump administration is playing politics with a billion-dollar barrier under construction to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes.

Fishermen in Wheatley, Ontario, the largest commercial freshwater fishing port in the world, start early in the morning. The presence of invasive grass carp in the lake system threatens the local environment and economy.

Environment & Climate Change

Trump memo backs plan to protect Great Lakes from invasive carp

Brett Dahlberg

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, and state House Speaker Matt Hall, a Republican, brought up the project during a meeting with the president last month.

The new Brandon Road invasive carp barrier design issued December 2022.

Environment & Climate Change

Illinois wants Trump assurances of invasive carp barrier funding before giving needed land

Lester Graham

The $1.1 billion invasive carp barrier needs land that Illinois owns. Governor Pritzker is delaying the land transfer until President Trump assures funding for the project.