Jean and Jan have an adventure at the wetland trying to get rid of some carp. Here’s how Jean saw it…
![Jan in the mud](https://indiancreeknaturecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/carp-1-150x150.jpg)
The drought has significantly lowered the water level in the wetlands, exposing a number of things that don’t belong there but are normally hidden beneath the water’s surface: pruning loppers, pop cans, and invasive carp. Naturalist Jan and I were at the wetland, contemplating a strategy for ridding the upper pond of the carp while the water level was still low and the carp were still easily visible.
![Removing carp](https://indiancreeknaturecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/carp-3-150x150.jpg)
![Jan scooping carp](https://indiancreeknaturecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/carp-4-150x150.jpg)
![Jan in mud](https://indiancreeknaturecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/carp-5-150x150.jpg)
The recent unwelcome fish additions, from the carp that came from the river to the carp that came from a backyard pond or fishbowl, are wreaking ecological havoc on the wetland. I hope to find a way to remove them yet this year, when the water level is still relatively low and they are concentrated in smaller areas.