Often called vampire fish, sea lamprey are a dangerous threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem. But efforts to control the ...

Last month's federal staffing cuts and hiring freezes threatened the sea lamprey control program. Now, it has permission to ...

The Sea Lamprey Control season is supposed to start in April, but its fate remains uncertain after a dozen federal workers ...

Even without a full staff, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission is confident the program will continue to keep sea lamprey ...

“Sea lampreys killed more than 100 million pounds of Great Lakes fish annually,” according to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, a U.S.-Canada government-funded group involved in ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will rehire the hundreds of probationary employees who were fired en masse on Feb.

Sweeping layoffs of federal employees have struck the program responsible for controlling the invasive sea lamprey that threatens fish across the Great Lakes, the earth’s largest freshwater ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jack Bergman is looking into the possibility of rehiring U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service workers ...

Federal cuts could allow over 1 million lamprey to survive, consuming nearly 5 million pounds of fish and resulting in $105 ...

That will help Great Lakes fisheries, as seasonal workers are needed to combat sea lamprey infestations by spraying ...