Scientists: Disconnect Great Lakes, Mississippi Waters Nov 16, 2008
Millions also have been spent on electrical barriers across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal south of the city to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan. The Alliance says the barriers, which deliver a non-lethal jolt to fish, have been effective, but are not a long-term solution. (Fox News)
This Land: On an infested American river, battling invaders eye to eye Sep 15, 2008
The project's name conveys its gravity: the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barrier. The back story to the invasion of the Asian carp reads like a horror-movie script. (International Herald Tribune)
Marine invasive species: If you can't beat them, eat them Feb 22, 2008
The only thing preventing this cold-water-loving species from infesting the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the world, is an electric barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. One of the great unsung epics of the modern era is the worldwide diaspora of marine invasive species. (International Herald Tribune)
Police: Human Remains Not Related to Peterson Case Jan 27, 2008
The body was found about 100 feet from a set of train tracks just south of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Peterson has been missing since October and Stebic has been missing since April. (Fox News)
Autopsy planned Saturday on female remains found in Chicago Jan 26, 2008
Authorities say the body was found about 100 feet from a set of train tracks just south of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Peterson Won't Get His Guns, Cars Back Dec 18, 2007
Over the weekend, the search of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for 00004000 Stacy Peterson was sparked by cell phone records that indicated that Drew Peterson was near there when he received an anxious call from his sister-in-law, Cassandra Cales, a source said, according to CBS News station WBBM-TV.. Cales has said she called Drew Peterson's cell phone about 11 p.m. Oct. 28. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Drew Peterson probe narrows Dec 7, 2007
Divers recovered debris from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Romeoville and Lockport on Wednesday. The search was called off between 3 and 4 p.m. A coalition of more than a dozen agencies, including the FBI, Coast Guard, Department of Defense and Army Corps of Engineers, participated in the search. (Chicago Tribune)
Divers search canal in Peterson probe Dec 6, 2007
Dive teams search the waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as part of their investigation of the disappearance of Stacy Peterson in Lockport, Ill. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. (SunOnline)
2 beaten bodies found in Lemont Township forest preserve Nov 16, 2007
The bodies were found about 7 a.m. just yards from Illinois Highway 83 near Jeans Road, between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, by workers paving the bike trail, Dart said. The two men, whose ages were unknown, appeared to be Hispanic and about 6 feet tall. (Chicago Tribune)
Stopping steady flow of pork Nov 13, 2007
The Water Resources Development Act includes a project to build a permanent electric barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal just south of Chicago to bolster efforts to keep the Asian carp from migrating from the Mississippi River into the Great Lakes system. But where we see the threat of carp and the endangerment of the Great Lakes fishery, Bush and Feingold both saw pork. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
'Hot Spots' The Key To Controlling European Carp In Australia Nov 11, 2007
25, 2002) The electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal may effectively prevent Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan, according to preliminary research results. In the early stages of an. (Science Daily)
Flying fish no longer funny: Researchers fear Asian invasion of northern Mississippi River by silver, bighead carp Oct 7, 2007
The federal Water Resources Development Act, recently sent to President Bush, includes money for a new electric barrier to replace one already installed on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to keep the carp out of the lake. The act also is thought to have money for a bubble barrier at the Mississippi River s Lock and Dam No. 10 near Guttenburg, Iowa, that would emit high-frequency sound waves underwater to drive the carp away, Thiel said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
