Native to a small area of the Ohio River watershed, the rusty crayfish was most likely introduced to Lake Michigan as fishing bait. In just a few decades the species has achieved utter dominance over the native crayfish that were once found off Chicago’s lakefront but are now nearly nonexistent. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.
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