Asian Carp has already become a problem elsewhere
From deer to wolves to cougars, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has had its share of animal issues recently.
DNRE director Rebecca Humphries is touring the U.P. over the next few days. Sunday, at the annual fishing derby in Republic, she listened to various anglers' concerns about V.H.S., a viral disease that affects fish as well as invasive species like Asian Carp.
Asian Carp has already become a problem elsewhere, and Humphries says the DNRE plans to stop invasive species, like Asian Carp, from ever being introduced into the Great Lakes.
"We're very concerned that if this species gets in the Great Lakes, it's going to be dead in our ground river systems, and when the Asian Carp have been found in some of the river systems on the Mississippi, it winds up taking over and as most of the biomass in that system, and so your other sport fish species get crowded out and we don't want that to happen," says Humphries.
Humphries also says the DNRE is aware that deer numbers are down in some areas, including the U.P.
She says she plans on working with more sportsmen to ensure that deer habitats are protected, preventing the numbers from further declining.
TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files forWLUC