Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Michigan 'beyond 11th hour' as Asian carp move closer to Great Lakes

Image result for Asian carp move closer to Great LakesMichigan 'beyond 11th hour' as Asian carp move closer to Great Lakes

  • Asian carp detected closest to Lake Michigan yet
  • Present risk to destroy multibillion fishing industry
  • New barrier plan moving forward in Illinois

"Ecologists, biologists, anglers and politicians all agree that Asian carp are a problem — a 2015 report from the Government Accountability Office called aquatic-invasive species like Asian carp a "never-ending oil spill." 
...Yet the Mississippi River's largest entry point to the Great Lakes — the Chicago Area Waterways System, which connects to Lake Michigan — remains its most vulnerable..."
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