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March 19, 2013

Oregon testing new tool in battle against invasive carp: robot boats

By DYLAN J. DARLING
Bend Bulletin

BURNS, Ore. — Robot boats are set to sail this summer on Malheur Lake.

But the high-tech tools won't be used right away to find the non-native carp infesting the lake, as refuge managers had hoped. The summertime study will be more about field testing the boats than searching for the fish, said Peter Sorensen, a professor at the University of Minnesota.


 
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