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Enviro groups say carp plan falls short

by Bob Hague on February 10, 2010

in Environment & Conservation

An environmental group is critical of the latest strategy to keep the Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes. Following Monday’s White House “carp summit” of Great Lakes governors, the Asian Carp Workgroup released a document outlining strategy for fighting the invasive fish. Natural Resources Defense Council attorney Tom Cmar says the document fails to address specific short and long term strategies which could keep the carp out of Lake Michigan. The plan does not, for example, call for an immediate closure of the locks on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, something the governors and attorneys general of most Great Lakes states have been requesting. [click to continue…]

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Asian carp found in canal

by Bob Hague 12/4/09 10:44 AM

Proof that a destructive fish is close to the Great Lakes. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that a bighead Asian carp was found in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal just above the Lockport Lock and Dam, in the wake of a massive effort to poison fish in the canal. It’s the first physical [...]

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Carp out of the bag?

by Bob Hague 11/20/09 1:49 PM

There’s bad news from the front lines in the battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Agencies which have been monitoring the area around the so-called “carp barrier” in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal say environmental DNA samples indicate that the invasive Silver and Bighead carp have breached the barrier. But [...]

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