Panel Rejects Using Carp To Control Exotic Plants

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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]AUGUSTA, ME—A Maine legislative panel has rejected an experimental plan to introduce grass carp from Siberia and eastern China as a way to rid state lakes of invasive plants. [/size][/#000000][/font]

[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The bill, sponsored by Maine Democratic Rep. Ronald Usher, would have directed the state to import plant-eating grass carp to a test site to see if they could control Eurasian milfoil, which has spread to at least a dozen lakes in Maine. [/size][/#000000][/font]
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