Missouri hoping to net results with new invasive carp removal program

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri conservation officials are preparing to launch a program aimed at ridding the waters of the Mississippi River of an invasive species. In a request for bids issued this week, the Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking a vendor to manage a program that will pay commercial fish harvesters an incentive to sweep two sections of the river of four types of carp. The department says populations of invasive carp, including bighead, black, grass and silver, have rapidly expanded throughout the state and the Mississippi River basin, including places like Creve Coeur...