DNR Removes An Unbelievable Number of Carp From The Illinois River
OutdoorHub Reporters 06.15.17
Your brain might not be able to comprehend this . . .
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources set out recently to fight against a possible upstream range expansion of black carp in the Illinois River and, while no black carp were caught, the IDNR is reporting they have removed over 70,000 pounds of Asian carp from the Illinois River.
Go ahead and think about that for a minute, 70,239 pounds to be exact, and that’s nearly equivalent to a bulldozer, or a whole heard of elephants . . .
That staggering number is enough to send a shiver down your spine when you think about this dark cloud of invasive fish creeping closer and closer to the Great Lakes. There have been many possible solutions tossed out there to help eliminate the threat these fish pose, but overall, this carp extraction was a huge success.
