KALAMAZOO, Mich., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Earlier this month, water from the Kalamazoo River in Michigan's Allegan County tested positive for genetic materials from Asian carp. The results had some local natural resource officials and conservationists worried that the invasive fish were on the brink of invading the Great Lakes.
But further testing by Michigan's Department of Natural Resources, as well as by scientists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, confirmed that there is no evidence of an Asian (or silver) carp population in Lake Michigan or the nearby waters of the Kalamazoo -- or any of the Great Lakes, for that matter.