Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has rejected Michigan’s offer of $8 million to support a project to keep invasive carp from establishing themselves in the Great Lakes, saying the money wouldn’t be useful ...

On a bleak and biting December morning, a team of state-contracted commercial fishermen at Starved Rock Marina slipped into their waders, salted down their johnboats to protect against ice and ...

Crews removed hundreds of adult carp from Stieger Lake in Victoria last Friday. The work is the beginning of a decade-long effort to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in the southwestern ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Invasive carp are heading toward Chattanooga, threatening the region's renowned freshwater ecosystem and posing risk to recreational water users and fishermen. The non-native fish are making their way ...

If you saw Monday's newspaper, you probably noticed this jaw-dropping Page 1 headline: "Invasive carp heading toward Chattanooga." Yikes! Head to the hills. Not since Gen. Sherman's march to the sea ...

From the Gulf to the Great Lakes, from Denver to Knoxville, Bighead and Asian Silver carp have overtaken manmade lakes and large sections of rivers threatening the ecosystem and the multimillion ...

APPLETON - A chemical was applied to the fishing pond at Memorial Park on Tuesday morning in an effort to rid the pond of troublesome carp. The state Department of Natural Resources had planned to ...

Tony Lasinski said he was 11 years old when his father taught him how to bowfish for carp on the banks of Onondaga Lake. "Dad would shoot carp from the shore with his bow. His arrows were attached to ...