• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Environment / Conservation / Minnesota DNR says invasive carp found in St. Croix River

Minnesota DNR says invasive carp found in St. Croix River

June 2, 2015 By WRN Contributor

Bighead and Silver carp (Photo: WIDNR)

Bighead and Silver carp (Photo: WIDNR)

Over the past week, five bighead carp have been pulled from the St. Croix River south of Stillwater, near Xcel Energy’s King Power Plant.

Nick Frohnauer with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says this is the furthest upstream invasive carp have been detected in the St. Croix, some seven miles north of the previous point. The first was captured in 1996, with three more turning up before the most recent discovery of five in the past week.

Asian carp have long infested the Mississippi River and its connected waters. They get bigger while seizing the food that native fish eat.

The DNR was back out again Tuesday sampling. Frohnauer reminds anyone who catches a bighead, silver, black, or grass carp to contact their office right away. He says do not release the fish. Take a photo, and store the fish until it can be delivered to the DNR.

Contributed by Minnesota News Network

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Environment / Conservation, News



Featured Stories

Packers one win away from Super Bowl

No. 2 Wisconsin women’s hockey sweep’s No. 1 Minnesota

Golden Eagles hold off Red Storm

Bucks escape with home court win over Mavs

Badgers break open a close game to beat Rutgers

TwitterFacebook

Listen Now | More from Titletown »

Sports Headlines

Packers one win away from Super Bowl

No. 2 Wisconsin women’s hockey sweep’s No. 1 Minnesota

Golden Eagles hold off Red Storm

Bucks escape with home court win over Mavs

Badgers break open a close game to beat Rutgers

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC