10,500 carp dumped into Chesterfield reservoir

10,500 carp dumped into Chesterfield reservoir
The carp have been released. Yesterday morning, 10,500 foot-long, sterile grass carp were deposited into Chesterfield County’s Swift Creek Reservoir at a cost of $40,380 to the county’s Utilities Department. Their objective? To eat hydrilla. Lots of it. hydrilla, an aquatic nuisance weed indigenous to Asia, has infested nearly 750 acres of the 1,700-acre reservoir in recent months, making access …

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