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By 1981, only 17 pairs of piping plovers existed in the region. The bird was listed on the state’s first-ever endangered species list, which was released in February 1978.The Great Lakes ...
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Illinois must protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. A toxic mess stands in the way. on May 28, 2025.
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...
The state of Illinois officially has acquired the 50-acre parcel of land needed for a multi-state, $1.15 billion effort to keep invasive carp and other nuisance species out of Lake Michigan and ...
Multiple species of invasive Asian carp could wreck the Great Lakes. Trump memorandum commits federal government to action, urges states to move ahead.
This year, Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running dry. Joliet, Illinois, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan ...
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...