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Updated Map on Location of Bighead and Silver Carps in the Illinois Waterway

Contact:
Chris Young, Communications Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
(217) 557-1240 or chris.young@illinois.gov

Updated map for the April sampling results in the Illinois Waterway showing juvenile Asian carp collected in the Peoria Pool of the Illinois Waterway by Peru, Illinois.
As of April 2015, juvenile Asian carp were collected in the Peoria Pool of the Illinois Waterway by Peru, Illinois. In 2014, juvenile Asian carp were found as far upstream as Henry, Illinois.

Updated map for the April 2015 sampling results in the Illinois Waterway.