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Written by Business Week
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 13:40 |
Scientists are stepping up the quest for new poisons and other tools that could prevent Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes, Obama administration officials told a congressional panel Thursday.
U.S. Geological Survey experts are looking at short- and long-term methods of reining in the invasive fish amid rising fears they may have eluded electrical barriers on Chicago waterways and are poised to colonize Lake Michigan, said Leon Carl, the agency's Midwest executive.
"The pressure is on our scientists," Carl said, adding that money provided under the Obama administration's $78.5 million carp control plan would help researchers make progress. "I think we're going to do some really exciting research."
Nancy Sutley, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said the studies and other proposals in the government plan have good prospects to succeed -- despite complaints from many in the region that the strategy is inadequate because it doesn't close shipping locks that could open a carp pathway to the lake.
"The Great Lakes face perhaps their most serious threat from invasive species yet in the Asian carp," Sutley said during a Senate Water and Power Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. "We think, however, there's a chance to stop this invasive species before it gets established."
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Written by Detroit Free Press
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:56 |
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If you're interested in the Asian carp issue, you can learn everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask during a panel discussion at 3 p.m. today at the Rock Financial Center in Novi, where the annual Outdoorama show opens an hour earlier.
Participants will include the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Michigan United Charter Boat Association and the state Attorney General's office.
And while attending this event certainly will bring you up to speed on the threat these voracious filter feeders pose to the Great Lakes food chain, you need to keep one crucial point in mind:
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Written by Chicago Tribune
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:53 |
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Illinois' attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold its earlier decision not to force the state to close Chicago-area shipping locks to prevent the spread of Asian carp, arguing that Michigan's renewed pleas were unfounded.
"The only ‘new' developments are the defendants' ongoing efforts to combat the carp's progress and federal executive and congressional interest and involvement in the issue, but these measures undercut Michigan's renewed motion," Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office wrote in a court filing Tuesday.
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Written by South Bend Tribune
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Friday, 19 February 2010 12:45 |
The St. Joseph River could be "ground zero" for Asian carp in the coming years, a state official said.
"The river is ideal for the fish," said Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, his statement catching the full attention of the crowd in front of him.
Cox co-hosted a town hall meeting, attended by more than 100 people, with U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, at the St. Joseph Public Library Thursday morning. They highlighted the disastrous effect they said Asian carp could have on the Great Lakes, other local waterways and the economy in general, if canals leading into Lake Michigan are not temporarily closed in and around the Chicago area sometime soon.
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Written by Detroit Free Press
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 09:39 |
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Inadequate barely covers the proposed federal response to the menace of Asian carp facing the Great Lakes. For once, the government has a chance to head off disaster before it happens and this is the best we can do? Yes, restricted lock openings, as proposed, might limit fish passage -- if they're carefully timed to match doses of poison and other carp-trapping measures. And if there are no other exceptions. And if there are no major flood events. And if there are no slip-ups. And if, if, if ... you get the idea. |
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