View of Lake Michigan: States sue to prevent spread of Asian carp
December 28th, 2009
via [ Journal Sentinel ]
Michigan asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and endangering their $7 billion fishery.
State Attorney General Mike Cox filed a lawsuit Monday with the nation’s highest court against Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. They operate canals and other waterways that open into Lake Michigan.
Bighead and silver carp from Asia have been detected in those waterways after migrating north in the Mississippi and Illinois rivers for decades
via [ Chicago Public Radio ]
Ohio Endorses Lawsuit Against Illinois in Battle over Carp.
