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Work begins on earthen berm at Eagle Marsh - Local - News-Sentinel.com

Work began Wednesday on constructing the new, nearly 9,000-foot-long earthen berm at Eagle Marsh, which will prevent invasive species from crossing be ...

It’s all happening.

Fort Wayne, Indiana is the home of Eagle Marsh, the low-lying, potential vector for Asian carp that authorities worry could be a gateway between the carp-infested waters of the Wabash River and the as-yet carp-free waters of the Great Lakes.

The Army Corps proposed building a giant earthen berm at the site to stop the spread of the fish in the event of flooding. But then flooding got in the way of construction this summer. (There’s already a giant fence on site to keep the fish from moving between the sub-continental divide than runs through the marsh.)

Between June and August, Fort Wayne got a lot of rain. I mean a LOT of rain, more any time since records were kept. With nearly 22 inches of rain in this time (almost two feet!) it was four inches more than the second highest rainfall for the same time period. Needless to say, digging an earthen berm is hard work in a wetland when the area is underwater.

Construction was seriously delayed, but it’s finally begun! And barring more terrible weather into the fall, people behind the project feel the berm could be completed before the ground is too hard to work with this winter.