"So many carp carcasses I couldn't even walk up to them," Beck says. That's what a tour of duty on Malheur Lake will do to even the most soulful naturalist. At the Narrows on Oregon 205 ...

The water has dried up, too, or been diverted to Malheur Lake and the Narrows to fight the natural wildfires that tore through the region in August. A lizard does a lazy pushup on a lava rock bench.

Scientists say Malheur Lake once provided expansive habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway. That was before common carp were introduced to the lake. These fish ...

The carp is an invasive species that really messes up bird habitat on Malheur Lake. Linda Beck is a fish biologist at the refuge. She says they were planning to divert water away from the lake and ...

But they are hardly the refuge's first out-of-state visitors. Malheur Lake is a regional hub for hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl. By some measures, it boasts the greatest diversity of ...

They took up particularly tenacious residence in Malheur Lake, along whose muddy, shallow bottom they rooted, pig-like, for food. As the carp stirred up gunk, the lake grew cloudier, blocking ...

There were thousands of them, crowding the shallow waters of Malheur Lake, taking a break on their massive journey south on the Pacific flyway. There were snow geese, songbirds of all kinds ...

For decades, common carp had filled Malheur Lake and nearby waterways, squeezing out other species and throwing the ecosystem off balance. Migrating bird populations were declining more as a ...

Cormorants, pelicans, gulls and terns by the millions once wheeled and shrieked above Malheur Lake while ducks bobbed and dove for insects. Now, the lake and sky are eerily empty. “I mean ...