Iowa DNR plans ‘winter kill’ to remove invasive carp from Ventura Marsh

CERRO GORDO COUNTY, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it will begin lowering the water level in Ventura Marsh to eliminate an invasive population of common carp. The Iowa DNR says common carp damage aquatic ecosystems by uprooting vegetation and stirring up sediment from the marsh bottom. As the carp population grew, […]

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