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Liveblog: Panel on Asian Carp in the Mississippi River

Experts discuss the recent finding of Asian Carp DNA in the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities.

On Oct. 20, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that scientists have found DNA from invasive Asian carp as far up the Mississippi River as St. Paul.

Experts debated what to do next at a panel discussion Tuesday. Read the archived liveblog in the window to see what they had to say. Fridley's riverfront lies between the two main barrier to carp migration the experts discussed: St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis and the Coon Rapids Dam.


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