Common carp can take over a small fishing pond, muddying the water and outcompeting bass and bluegill. At Bruneau Dunes State Park in Idaho, managers decided the fix was to remove every fish and start over. In October 2016, Idaho Fish and Game treated the 100-acre pond with rotenone, restocked it and surveyed it again in July 2019.
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