Bad Invasive Species News

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Not good news for NW IA:

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Big Head, Silver Carp Found In Clay County Lake
(Spencer)-- State environmental officials say invasive carp species have been found in a Clay county lake.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources say Bighead Carp and Silver Carp were found in Elk Lake by commercial fishermen hired to remove rough fish, such as common carp, from the lake.

Officials with the DNR say the initiative fish likely traveled past barriers on the Little Sioux River and into the lake because of flooding this past spring and summer on the Missouri River. They say the fish have invaded the Missouri River recently and likely traveled from the river into the Little Sioux and over dams that would have normally prevented their passage.

DNR personnel also caught to Bighead Carp in East Lake Okoboji last month while conducting routine sampling.

(From the Associated Press.).