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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: A billion dollar barrier could keep the invasive carp out of the Great Lakes
Description: The Army Corps of Engineers plans to build a billion dollar, high-tech barricade on the Des Plaines River. The goal is to deter invasive carp from traveling farther up Illinois’ waterways and reaching Lake Michigan.
Scientists worry that there is increasingly an opportunity for the carp to make it through and turn the lake upside down. Reporter: JuanPablo Franco Ramirez; Host: Mary Dixon