Adriana Pérez is an environment reporter, covering the Great Lakes, climate change, environmental justice, wildlife, science and more. Occasionally, she writes about breaking news and immigration. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, she hails from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Send her your story tips and almond croissant recommendations.
Experts want to install layered technologies at a "critical pinch point" of the Des Plaines River to try and stop silver and bighead carp from getting to Lake Michigan.