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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 09:35 |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to collect water samples this spring from two northwestern Indiana rivers that flow into Lake Michigan as part of its ongoing efforts to track the spread of invasive Asian carp.
Major Gen. John Peabody of the Army Corps' Cincinnati office said samples will be taken from Indiana's portions of the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet rivers once ice melts and fish become more active.
"Our intent is to aggressively sample when warmer weather and higher fish activity returns. The fish don't move a whole lot in the wintertime," Peabody said Wednesday.
The Corps hopes to have a plan in place with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources within two months to sample water in the rivers, which flow into Lake Michigan.
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Written by New York Times
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 11:42 |
Genetic material from the Asian carp, a voracious invasive species long feared to be nearing the Great Lakes, has been identified for the first time at a harbor within Lake Michigan, near the Illinois-Indiana border, ecologists and federal officials said Tuesday.
A second DNA match was found in a river in Illinois within a half-mile of the lake, according to scientists at the University of Notre Dame who tested water samples and provided the results to officials last week.
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Written by WKZO AM 590
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 09:18 |
The U.S. Supreme Court had been set to take action on the state of Michigan's lawsuit brought against the state of Illinois as the two battle over whether or not to close shipping locks that lead to the Great Lakes in order to halt the invasion of the Asian carp. Currently, no date has been set on taking any action on the matter, but Michigan's Attorney General says he is still focused on the issue.
Attorney General Mike Cox says Illinois claims they'll suffer economically if the locks are closed, preventing ships from passing. However, he says while Illinois might suffer by about 30-million dollars, the damage to other states could be far greater if the locks aren't closed--costing Michigan up to 4-billion dollars in economic activity. He says they've put up a petition online for anyone wanting to add their name to the long list of those that would like the locks closed to stop the invasive fish. |
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Written by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Monday, 18 January 2010 20:58 |
Opponents of the Asian carp lawsuit that takes aim at Chicago for its unnatural link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River say the stakes could not be higher.
That link - the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - is a highway for barges that carry raw materials to fuel the nation's third-largest city. It also carries the collective flush of Chicagoland.
Mess with the canal, say its operators, and you not only threaten Chicago's industrial might, you had also better get ready to deal with the "disastrous effect" of a city flooded by its own waste.
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Written by Detroit Free Press
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Saturday, 16 January 2010 11:50 |
The U.S. Supreme Court, which met today in a closed conference, took no action on the Michigan attorney general’s request for an injunction to shut down Chicago-area locks to keep Asian carp out. The court is closed Monday. No dates are set for the court to decide on the injunction or even whether to accept the case.
Michigan is seeking to reopen a case first filed in 1922 by the state of Wisconsin against Illinois over the building of a shipping canal that diverted water from Lake Michigan. Four states — Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota and Ohio — have joined Michigan asking for a shutdown to protect the Great Lakes from bighead and silver carp, which are considered to be voracious feeders that could wreck the lakes’ ecosystem. Illinois and the U.S. government oppose Michigan’s request and say the case should not be heard by the Supreme Court, but by a lower court.
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