Story by Holly Kuzmitski | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 03.17.2021
When Dr. Christa Woodley, a research biologist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), heard about the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study to control invasive Asian carp through acoustics, she was excited by the possibilities....
Story by Samantha Heilig | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District | 02.26.2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District and the state of Illinois signed a design agreement Dec. 29, 2020, allowing for completion of the Pre-construction Engineering and Design phase of the Brandon Road Project. This project, located at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in the Chicago Area Waterway System near Joliet, Illinois, is part of a National Ecosystem Restoration Plan to......
Story by Holly Kuzmitski | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 02.03.2021
VICKSBURG, Miss. ⸺ The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and partners installed a temporary, experimental underwater Acoustic Deterrent System, or uADS, at Mississippi River Lock 19 between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois, Feb. 3. The deployment is part of a study to understand how invasive Asian carp respond to acoustic, or......
Story by Andrew Kornacki | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division | 10.08.2020
The Ohio & Erie Canal project delivery team will host a webinar October 15th at 2pm EST, to celebrate the completion of the Ohio & Erie Canal Aquatic Nuisance Species Barrier Project, that has the primary benefit of protecting the highly valuable commercial and recreational fisheries in Ohio and the Great Lakes....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 11.08.2019
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Nov. 8, 2019) – Officials commissioned a bio-acoustic fish fence, an experimental project, during a ceremony today at Barkley Lock. Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman James Comer, Kentucky 1st District, along with project partners, ceremonially inaugurated the BAFF system as part of a three-year evaluation to deter Asian carp from migrating through the......
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 10.09.2019
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2019) – Crews are submerging and installing sections of a bio acoustic fish fence on the downstream side of Barkley Lock this week as part of an experiment to deter the passage of Asian carp with a wall of bubbles, sound and light....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 07.30.2019
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 30, 2019) – An experimental project designed to deter Asian carp from entering Lake Barkley is underway. Officials addressed stakeholders and media today on the deployment of the bio-acoustic fish fence on the downstream side of the navigation lock and evaluation of the system’s ability to deter the movement of these fish....
Story by Sarah Lazo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District | 01.06.2014
The Corps of Engineers submitted to Congress the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Report Jan. 6, 2014. The report contains eight alternatives, each with concept-level design and cost information, and evaluates the potential of these alternatives to prevent the spread of 13 aquatic nuisance species, to include Asian carp, between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River......
