Intelligent investigative writing meets experiential journalism in this
important look at one of North America's most voraciously invasive
species Politicians, ecologists, and government wildlife officials are
fighting a desperate rearguard action to halt the onward reach of Asian
Carp, four troublesome fish now within a handful of miles from entering
Lake Michigan. From aquaculture farms in Arkansas to the bayous of
Louisiana; from marshlands in Indiana to labs in Minnesota; and from the
Illinois River to the streets of Chicago where the last line of defense
has been laid to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, Overrun
takes us on a firsthand journey into the heart of a crisis. Along the
way, environmental journalist Andrew Reeves discovers that saving the
Great Lakes is only half the challenge. The other is a radical
scientific and political shift to rethink how we can bring back our
degraded and ignored rivers and waterways and reconsider how we create
equilibrium in a shrinking world. With writing that is both urgent and
wildly entertaining, Andrew Reeves traces the carp's explosive spread
throughout North America from an unknown import meant to tackle invasive
water weeds to a continental scourge that bulldozes through everything
in its path.
