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More Asian carp DNA found near Lake Michigan

DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has again has found genetic material from invasive Asian carp in samples taken from waters near Lake Michigan.

The silver carp DNA findings from May 22 collections in Lake Calumet in Chicago and the Little Calumet River were posted online earlier this month.

Jared Teutsch, water policy advocate for the Alliance for the Great Lakes, said in a statement Monday the findings mean "another year of worry" about Asian carp.

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