Nebraska plan to divert water could put destructive carp in Kansas lakes
This commentary originally appeared in the Kansas Reflector. Back in the 1970s, in an attempt to control algal blooms in wastewater treatment plants and aquafarming ponds, managers imported four species of Asian carp. Unfortunately — as with many well-intentioned plans that tamper with ecosystems — the carp were inadvertently released or escaped through flood events, […]