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Fish biologists prepare to use poison to keep Asian Carp out of Great Lakes

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In about one hour, fish biologists from Wisconsin and several other states will begin spraying a poison into an Illinois canal.It’s the latest effort aimed at keeping an invasive species out of the Great Lakes.Chuck Quirmbach reports from Rockport, Illinois…

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