An aquatic weed called hydrilla has been a regular issue at Smith Mountain Lake for decades. In 2013, the Tri-County Lakes ...

The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission will once again stock sterile grass carp into Smith Mountain Lake this year to ...

In the 1960s and 70s, Asian carp were introduced to the southern U.S. to control algal blooms. A series of unfortunate events, including floods and human error, helped the fish escape into the ...

Efforts to control the spread of hydrilla at Smith Mountain Lake are drawing mixed reactions, as officials weigh a plan to ...

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Midwestern states are spending millions every year to ...

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Credit: Ryan Hagerty / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

An invasive plant species continues to spread in Lake Austin. Now, the city is taking a more aggressive approach to stop the ...

The Northwest-Midwest Institute in Washington, D.C., will hold a virtual briefing Dec. 13 to discuss the benefits of carp management in the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes. The ...

Chesterfield officials plan to deploy a second round of sterile, grass-eating carp to the Swift Creek Reservoir today in the county’s ongoing fight against the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla. “It’s ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, ...