Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Chicago and Sanitary Ship Canal is the path that invasive carp would take to reach the Great Lakes. So to stop them, the US Army Corps of Engineers has installed an electric barrier. Although for obvious reasons, I didn't get to see it close up. [The interviewee is project manager Jeff Zuercher, whose name caption got missed out! Apologies, Jeff.]

Sources, apart from the interview and the team I talked to:
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130400272
npr.org/2009/12/04/121104335/chicago-canal-flooded-with-toxin-to-kill-asian-carp
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542199
apnews.com/article/d44c3701de7847bea3b7218e1f3d3fc8
dnr.wi.gov/news/mediakits/mk_carpcontrol.asp

Edited by Dave Stevenson davestevenson.co.uk
Thanks to Captain Nate at Peoria Carp Hunters peoriacarphunters.com

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