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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Courts - "Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp"
Updating this story from yesterday, and many earlier ILB entries about the Asian Carp threat, the NY Times had this story yesterday in its Science Section, headed "Carp DNA Is Found in Lake Michigan ." Some quotes:
Experts said the most recent findings, from Calumet Harbor and the Calumet River, could mean that the carp has found its way beyond an elaborate barrier system built at the cost of millions of dollars to prevent the fish’s access to the Great Lakes and its delicate ecosystem, where it has no natural competitors and would threaten the life of native fish populations. * * *Joel Hood of the Chicago Tribune has a long story today headlined "Asian carp DNA found in Lake Michigan: Supreme Court won't force Illinois to shut waterways to lake." Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has this story, headlined "Asian carp DNA found in Lake Michigan."The positive DNA findings were announced on the same day the United States Supreme Court denied a request by the State of Michigan for an emergency injunction to force the closing of the locks of a Chicago shipping canal that gives direct access to the lake — a coincidence that drew intensified calls for help from some Great Lakes states.
The Corps of Engineers and Illinois officials had argued against closing the canal.
But Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan and Gov. James E. Doyle of Wisconsin called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to convene a summit and identify an emergency “rapid response” that Great Lakes states must adhere to to protect the waters from being overrun with Asian carp.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 20, 2010 08:26 AM
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