Attention remains focused on the Chicago Waterway System where fear continues that the Asian carp could be making its way through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to Lake Michigan via the Chicago and Calumet Rivers.

The first live Asian carp was found in late June in Lake Calumet. Carp can grow up to 4 feet long and over 100 pounds, devastating native fish populations.

In late June, Milwaukee Riverkeeper and other partners were guests on an Asian Carp tour of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canals. The tour included the Lockport Lock, a promising site for ecological separation of the Great Lakes Basin from the Mississippi River system, and the electric fish barriers intended to keep the fish out of Lake Michigan (thankfully, no Asian Carp were spotted on the tour).

WUWM environmental reporter Susan Bence recently covered the issue in a three part series:

1. Listen to Part One
2. Listen to Part Two
3. Listen to Part Three