Concerned about federal funding being withheld, the state of Illinois has postponed closing on property rights for land needed for a $1.2-billion project to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes through Illinois waterways, and has paused some other related infrastructure projects.

The project will install a complex series of deterrents to prevent upstream movement of carp and other aquatic nuisance species on the Illinois Waterway—a network of rivers, canals and locks that connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River.

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